PPT2000: Error Opening Word Outline

ID: Q212499

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 For Windows
Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

If you click Slides From Outline on the Insert menu in PowerPoint and then select a Word document, you may receive an error similar to the following:

PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by C:\My Documents\<name of document>

Where <name of document> is the name of your Word outline.

CAUSE

This error occurs if the document is open in Word at the same time you try to import it into PowerPoint.

RESOLUTION

Method 1

Close the document in Word before you use it as the outline for a presentation.

Method 2

In Word, point to Send To on the File menu and then click Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Keywords : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb