loading powerpoint 4 into powerpoint 2007

[pwh]

Hi,
I have a bunch of old files that are in powerpoint 4. I recently upgraded to
from office 2000 to office 2007, and now I can't read the old files.
What I'd ideally like is a batch file to convert everything. But if I can't
get that,
is there an add-on for powrerpoint 2007 that will let me open powerpoint 4
files?
Thanks!
Peter

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Peter,

If it was me I'd find a PC with office 2000 to open each file
then save them as a ppt 2000 file

I'm pretty sure ppt 2007 would open a ppt 2000 file no problem.

cheers

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TAJ Simmons
Microsoft Powerpoint MVP

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[pwh]

Hi,

There are hundreds of these pp4 files scattered all over the place,
so your solution is actually too time-consuming for me. I really
need an open on-demand solution, just like ppt 2000.

Of all the 1000's of features ppt has, why did they have to delete this one?
Argh.
- Peter

 

[Austin Myers]

Hi,

There are hundreds of these pp4 files scattered all over the place,
so your solution is actually too time-consuming for me. I really
need an open on-demand solution, just like ppt 2000.

Of all the 1000's of features ppt has, why did they have to delete this
one?

Because those old files and file formats are not secure at all.

 

[pwh]

Thanks! This was extremely helpful. The one catch is that I won't be able to
get everything into a single folder. Do you know of an open source VBA script
that traverses every file in a directory tree? If so, I can probably code the
rest myself.
Cheers,
Peter