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Errors Opening "PowerPoint Step by Step" Presentations

Article ID: 151046

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to open a PowerPoint presentation from the "PowerPoint for Windows 95 Step by Step" Practice Files disk, you may receive one of the following errors:
Sorry, PowerPoint cannot read the outline from "Filename.ppt". No text converter is installed for this file type.

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Sorry, this type of file cannot be opened by PowerPoint.

RESOLUTION

In order to open these presentations, you must first run the installation program for the Practice Files disk. For instructions on installing these files, please read "Install the Practice Files" in the "Getting Ready" section of the "PowerPoint for Windows 95 Step by Step" book.

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