Yes Steve, we are on the same wavelength although I didn't look for
any macros. I doubt the users would be using them without help.
I can't speak to their default settings. I don't even know who. You
may well be on the money there.
When I came to do the job this morning, the most literate user had
already done the slide by slide copy and paste to a new presentation
as I had suggested to her. Apparently that has worked but I guess we
might have to wait for a few more edits to be more sure. If it turns
out that I try the 'round trip' method I'll let you know the outcome.
Thanks again for your help.
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Len
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| > | > | > Using Office 2003 on Win Server 2003 running Terminal Services.
| > | >
| > | > Only one file (which was created in an earlier version of
| > | > PowerPoint and progressively changed over the years) has
| > | > become corrupt. Won't load. I restored from a recent backup.
| > | > One user edited it successfully. A second user loaded it and
| > | > made more changes. The saved file was then corrupt.
| > | >
| > | > I have just restored the file again but I am now concerned
| > | > that more corruption and exasperated users will follow.
| > | >
| > | > Does anyone have any idea what might be causing the corruption?
| > |
| > | Not offhand, but perhaps the restored file is right on the brink and
| > | for whatever reason, any edits push it over the edge.
| > |
| > | I'm going to assume that the PPTM in the subject is a typo and that
| > | it's really a PPT file. Is that reasonable?
| > |
| > | I'd suggest opening the restored file on the most stable system you
| > | have available and round-tripping it to HTML and back:
| > |
| > | HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
| > |
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm
| > |
| > | Give the round-tripped file to your users and see if they can still
| > | make it break so easily.
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| > PPTM isn't a typo Steve. Simply put, its the extension used by the
| > 2007 version,
|
| It's *one* of the extensions used by PPT 2007, but normally only for
| files that include macros, though I don't suppose there'd be anything to
| stop you from saving a macro-free presentation as PPTM as well.
|
| > so someone has saved it in that format, probably without
| > even realizing it.
|
| It's possible that their defaults are to save as that format.
|
| > We only use 2003 internally but, early on, I had to
| > install the compatibility pack so that we can handle files for the 2007
| > version that we receive from outside (mostly Word and Excel).
|
| All of which is probably neither here nor there; but I just wanted to
| make sure we were all on the same wavelength.
|
| > Nevertheless, saving the file as html and back is worth the effort.
| > Maybe just saving it in plain ppt format will do the trick. I'll do
| > that first.
|
|
| Good idea ... and let us know how it works out, would you?
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