PPT97: Objects Are Lost When PowerPoint 95 File Is Opened and Saved in PowerPoint 97

ID: Q221511

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you open a large, graphic-intensive PowerPoint 95 presentation in PowerPoint 97 on a computer with Windows 95 and save the presentation in PowerPoint 95 format, objects (text, graphics, graphs, charts) are lost from the slides at the end of the presentation.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95 and create a new blank presentation.


  2. On the Insert menu, click Microsoft Graph, and accept the default chart. To return to PowerPoint, click on your presentation .


  3. On the Insert menu, click New Slide, and select a blank slide.


  4. On the Insert menu, click Object. Select Microsoft Organization Chart 2.0 and click OK.


  5. On the File menu, click Exit and Return to Presentation.


  6. On the View menu, click Slide Sorter. Select the two slides and press Ctrl+C (copy) and Ctrl+P (paste) them to have a total of four slides.


  7. Repeat the the previous step until you have at least 250 slides.


  8. Save the presentation, and then close it.


  9. On a computer with Windows 95, open the PowerPoint 95 presentation in PowerPoint 97. The presentation will be converted.


  10. On the View menu click Slide Sorter, scan through the slides, and notice that the graphs and charts are present on all slides.


  11. On the File menu, click Save As, and select PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt) from the Save file as type list.


  12. Close the presentation and open it again. On the View menu, click Slide Sorter, and scan through the slides.

    Result: The graphs and organization charts are missing from slides towards the end of the presentation.


Additional query words: PPT97 PPT95 saveas loss loses 


Keywords          : kbdta kbconvert 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: March 16, 1999