Powerpoint?
 

Okay... I'm looking for a few ideas on how I can fix a problem I'm having with a few powerpoints that my teacher has uploaded.

Here are the facts:

• The presentations were created using Office XP (2000?)
• I use Office 2003
• It shows as a PPT file, but when I click on Help, it suggests that it might not be a PPT file.
• The first slide previews in icon view when I'm looking through windows explorer
• I use Microsoft Vista, professor uses Microsoft XP
• I can open the un-openable files with the Computer Lab computers which use Office 2007
• I had no problems opening and reading Chapters 1-5. 6, 7, and 8 are "unreadable"
• Not having any problems with Powerpoint presentations from other classes.

Anyone have any ideas? I can't figure any compatibility issues, though my ability to open the files with one but not the other suggests that. The teacher says that she hasn't upgraded her Microsoft Office. So... hrm?

Helpz!

Right click on the file
Select "open with"
Then select PPT

The files may be corrupt causing issues with Office 03

You can try and download the PPT component from OpenOffice and see if you can open it that way or run the repair feature on your PPT to see if there is something up with you application.

You could also try downloading a powerpoint "viewer" and see if you can at least view it with that. Won't help if this is something you half to make changes to though.

BTD - Already did the first suggestion, and I suspect you are right on your idea that it's corrupt and causing issues. Why would Office 2007 be able to open it, though? Can 2007 compensate for something that 2003 cannot?

I will try the above suggestions... Thank you!!

If you start from the perspective that this is a Microsponge product, it helps explain the unexplainable.