PPT97: PowerPoint Cannot Open Some Files with .DRW Extension

ID: Q189970

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SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to access a file with a .DRW extension that is not a Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS (version 3.0 or 4.0) file by clicking Open on the File menu or by clicking Slides From File on the Insert menu, the following error message appears: 

   PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by <file name>.

CAUSE

Several graphics applications (Micrografx Designer, for example) use the same file extension (.DRW) for their data files as Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS. The Freelance translator is expecting the .DRW files to be from Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS. The error occurs when the Freelance translator encounters the unfamiliar file format from a non-Lotus graphics application.

RESOLUTION

To import .DRW graphics files, click Slides From File on the Insert menu, rather than clicking Open on the File menu.

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbconversion kbgpf 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 25, 1998