PPT: 7.0 Translator Requires Correct Type and Creator |
Q139151
The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0
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Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 7.0
SUMMARY
When you try to open a PowerPoint for Windows 95 file with PowerPoint
version 4.0 for the Macintosh, you may receive a message similar to the
following:
<Name of the file>
Sorry, this is not a PowerPoint presentation
This problem occurs if "Presentations" is selected in the File Open dialog
box. If you select PowerPoint 7.0 files from the "List Files of Type" list,
your presentation files disappear. This indicates that the
presentations do not have the type and creator the PowerPoint 7.0
translator is looking for. Therefore, the translator does not function.
MORE INFORMATION
The PowerPoint 7.0 translator is designed to look for the following file
tags:
Creator: PPT3
Type: SLD3
There are several third-party utilities available (for example, ResEdit and
FileTyper) that can modify these tags so that the translator can work
with these files.
PC Exchange, a control panel, can be used to associate a Macintosh
application to a specific MS-DOS suffix (extension). To configure PC
Exchange to associate the .PPT extension to Macintosh PowerPoint, do the
following:
- On the Apple Menu, click Control Panels.
- Double-click the PC Exchange icon.
- Click Add.
- Type PPT in the DOS suffix type
section.
- Navigate to the location of the PowerPoint application program.
- Single-click PowerPoint to select it.
- Click and hold down the mouse button on TEXT in the document type
section. A menu will appear that lists the various document types that
are used by PowerPoint. Select SLD3 (All caps). SLD3 is the document
type PowerPoint uses for presentations.
- Click OK to finalize your choices, and then close the PC Exchange
window. Now Windows PowerPoint files with a .PPT extension will have
the correct type and creator.
Note: If the Presentation file already resides on your hard drive, you
will need to copy that file to an MS-DOS-formatted disk. The translator
will now be able to see your PowerPoint 7.0 Files.
Note: In PowerPoint for the Macintosh, if the file is too large to copy to
a floppy disk, it is possible to make an alias for the file, copy to a
floppy, then copy it back to the desktop. This will allow PC Exchange to
affix the tags to the alias (assuming the alias has a .PPT suffix).
The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding these products' performance or reliability.
Additional query words:
7.00 ppt7 ppt95 pp7trans m_powerpt w_powerpt powerpnt why my translator work mac_ppt ppt4 4.00