OFF98: PowerPoint May Not Be Updated by Office 98 Updater

• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

After running the Microsoft Office 98 Updater, the version of Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition may be unchanged.

CAUSE

If you have renamed the Microsoft PowerPoint icon in the Microsoft Office 98 folder to something other than "Microsoft PowerPoint," the Microsoft Office 98 Updater may not update Microsoft PowerPoint.

The Microsoft Office 98 Updater searches for a file called Microsoft Powerpoint. If it is found on your hard disk drive, the update will copy a new version of the file to your hard disk drive.

RESOLUTION

To update Microsoft PowerPoint using the Microsoft Office 98 Updater, follow these steps:

1. Rename the Microsoft PowerPoint icon in the Microsoft Office 98 folder on your hard disk drive to "Microsoft PowerPoint," without quotation marks.



2. Run the Microsoft Office 98 Updater.

   File                     Old Version    New Version
   ---------------------------------------------------

   Microsoft PowerPoint     8.0 (4927)     8.0 (5508) 

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q189496 OFF98: How to Install and Run the Microsoft Office 98 Updater

Additional query words: OFF98 patch ppt98 extraneous

Keywords : kbdta
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbprb