PPT97: "Microsoft Visual Basic File Not Found" Error Copying a Slide

ID: Q237808

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97 For Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you select a slide from either the Slide Sorter or Outline views and then click Copy on the Edit menu, you may receive the following message:

Microsoft Visual Basic
File Not Found.
You receive the same message if you click Macro on the Tools menu.


CAUSE

The presentation contains at least one macro, and the code in that macro is corrupted.


RESOLUTION

Remove the macro code from the presentation. To do so, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Save the Presentation in an Earlier Version Format

  1. Open the presentation that exhibits the symptom.


  2. On the File menu, click Save As.


  3. Type a new name in the File name text box.


  4. If you are running PowerPoint for Windows, click PowerPoint 95 in the Save As Type list. If you are running PowerPoint for the Macintosh, click PowerPoint 4.0 Presentation in the Save As Type list.


  5. Click Save.


  6. Close the problem presentation and open the new copy.


The advantage of this method is that it is easy. The disadvantage of this method is that if your presentation contains any elements that aren't supported in the earlier version of PowerPoint, those elements might change. The types of things that might change include animation settings, transition effects, gradients, and fill patterns.

Method 2: Copy the Slides from Slide View

  1. On the File menu, click New.


  2. Click the Blank Presentation icon, and then click OK.


  3. In the New Slide dialog box, click Blank AutoLayout.


  4. Click the Window menu and switch back to the problem presentation.


  5. Go to the first slide that you want to transfer.


  6. On the Edit menu, click Select All.


  7. On the Edit menu, click Copy.


  8. Click the Window menu and switch back to the blank presentation.


  9. On the Edit menu, click Paste.


  10. For each additional slide that you want to transfer, create a new, blank slide in your new presentation. Then, repeat steps 4 through 9.


  11. After you have copied all your slides to the new presentation, click Apply Design on the Format menu.


  12. In the Apply Design dialog box, browse to the folder that contains your problem presentation.


  13. Click the name of that presentation, and then click Open.


Although this method is more time consuming, you won't run the risk of losing any animation, transition, or fill effects.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: ppt powerpnt ppt97 97 8.0 ppt8 vb errors visualbasic vba box cannot can't unable doesn't won't will

Keywords : kbdta KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999
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