Oldfogy said:
I have an attachment sent with Microsoft Power Point 1997, and when I click
it, I can't open it or save it. What and were do I get add-on to open it?
Corrected:
I have a Microsfot PowerPoint 1997 attachment in an e-mail received into
Outlook 2000. I can't open it or save it. How do I do either?
You're saying that you cannot right-click on the attached file and elect to
save it to somewhere on your hard disk?
Or are you actually trying to *open* it from within the e-mail presented in
Outlook rather than *save* the attachment to a file on your hard disk?
Opening an attachment within Outlook requires that Outlook decode the
attachment and create a temporary file. It then passes that file onto
whatever is the designated handler for that filetype. It could be Outlook's
temporary secure folder for the "open" of attachments is full. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817878. In the paths mentioned in the
registry values, insert the version number for your Office suite (10.0 =
XP/2002, 11.0 = 2003, 12.0 = 2007); I'm guessing 9.0 for your old 2000
version. This tells you where to find the Outlook's "OLKxxxx" temp folder.
You can't open any file, even an attachment saved to a file (which is also
performed when you try to "open" it within Outlook), unless you have a
program that understands the structure of the data within that file. Do you
have a program on your own host that can display PowerPoint files? Outlook
is an e-mail program, not a PowerPoint viewer.
Was PowerPoint included in the MS Office suite (2000?) that you installed on
your host? If not, you'll have to get a program that knows how to display
PowerPoint files. Microsoft has a free PP viewer you can use if all you
want to do is view (not edit) the document.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485
(short URL:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ywowm)
