Explanation of an error message

[JoAnn Paules]

(Posted in the office.misc group earlier.)

I have been working on a PowerPoint presentation that my boss uses to lead a
training session. We're getting rid of the horrendous animations and
standardizing the look of the document.

When I double-click on some of the photos, I get the following message:
"The server application, source file, or item can't be found, or returned an
unknown error. You may need to reinstall the server application."

I get this on about half of the pictures and the rest are fine. Can anyone
explain what might be going on? I can get around this error by doing a right
click and saving the picture but what caused it?


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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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[TAJ Simmons]

JoAnn

see
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Office XP Released
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00339.htm


and
Can't edit Org Chart, Graph, Excel (error msg: "server application, source
file, or item can't be found")
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00236.htm

You might be able to fix each picture

by selecting the picture

edit menu > copy

edit menu > paste special > picture

then delete the original offending item

cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...

 

[JoAnn Paules]

So maybe they were copied from a Word file into the PowerPoint file? I can
see that happening. People seem to think that they need to insert .jpgs into
a word doc to send them to somebody else.

Thanks for the help.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

JoAnn

see
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Office XP Released
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00339.htm


and
Can't edit Org Chart, Graph, Excel (error msg: "server application, source
file, or item can't be found")
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00236.htm

You might be able to fix each picture

by selecting the picture

edit menu > copy

edit menu > paste special > picture

then delete the original offending item

cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...

(Posted in the office.misc group earlier.)

I have been working on a PowerPoint presentation that my boss uses to
lead a training session. We're getting rid of the horrendous animations
and standardizing the look of the document.

When I double-click on some of the photos, I get the following message:
"The server application, source file, or item can't be found, or returned
an unknown error. You may need to reinstall the server application."

I get this on about half of the pictures and the rest are fine. Can
anyone explain what might be going on? I can get around this error by
doing a right click and saving the picture but what caused it?


--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375