Unable to insert Nikon jpeg files into Powerpoint

[equator-sun]

Using Powerpoint (Office 2003). Has new Nikon D80 digital camera. Am unable
to insert pictures (jpeg files taken with above camera) into Powerpoint. Only
see a dotted rectangle with small red cross in one corner. However, if the
file has been modified with Photoshop and re-saved as new jpeg file, it can
be used.
What is the problem and how to solve it ? Never had this problem with other
digital camera jpeg files.
Advice and solution much appreciated.

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps Nikon has a converter utility to make their files compatible?

 

[equator-sun]

This is the answer I got from Nikon. It still does not answer my question
100% as jpeg files with exif data from other cameras e.g Fuji, can be used.

"Nikon digital cameras record images in the "EXIF" (Exchangeable Image File
Format) file type. Even though the file name (when shooting compressed files)
ends in ".jpg" it is not a regular JPEG image. This format includes not only
the JPEG picture data but also the shooting information (f/stop, shutter
speed, lens, etc.) and other text-based data. Writing this type of
information is part of the global "DCF" standard for images from digital
cameras.

Some applications do not properly read this data and will display various
errors and warning when opening these files. The only way to use an image in
one of these programs is to open it in an image-editing program and save the
file to a new file name. This changes the file from an EXIF image and saves
it into whatever format is chosen, stripping out all of the extra data.

Contact the developer of the program which does not properly open EXIF files
for possible updates."

Hope this is useful to others having similar problems.