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Article ID: 158490 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 1.1
PPT97: Error Opening Word 97 Outline
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If you click Slides From Outline on the Insert menu in PowerPoint
and then choose a Word 97 document, you may receive an error similar
to the following:
PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by
<name of document>
This error occurs if the document is open in Word at the same time you
try to import it into PowerPoint.
Method 1
Close the document in Word before you use it as the outline for a
presentation.
Method 2
In Word, point to Send To on the File menu and then click Microsoft
PowerPoint.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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