PPT4: Quick Preview Causes Error if Excel 5.0 Running
  
PSS ID Number: Q119242
Article last modified on 05-17-1998
 
windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0c
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SYMPTOMS
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If you attempt to run the Quick Preview in PowerPoint 4.0 for
Windows while Excel version 5.0 for Windows is running, the
following error occurs:
 
   An application that is currently running is incompatible with
   PowerPoint's Quick Preview. Please close all other applications,
   then return to PowerPoint, and select Quick Preview from the Help
   menu. OK
 
RESOLUTION
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Currently, the only way to avoid this error is to run the Quick
Preview while Excel for Windows is not running. Quick Preview
will run as long as Excel is not running.
 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM
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1. Run Excel version 5.0 for Windows.
 
2. Run PowerPoint version 4.0 for Windows.
 
3. From the Help menu, choose Quick Preview.
 
4. The above error displays in a window.
 
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint versions 4.0,
4.0a, and 4.0c for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post
new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
 
Additional query words: 4.00 4.0a power point powerpt quickpreview
macppt winppt conflict ppt4 ppt40 office w_office
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Keywords          : kbinterop kbbuglist
Version           : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
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