PPT2000: PowerPoint Doesn't Open Web Presentation From Shortcut

ID: Q226777

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you use the drag and drop technique to move an Internet shortcut of a PowerPoint web presentation into the PowerPoint application window, one of the following problems may occur:

On Windows 98 with Internet Explorer 4.x:

PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by localpath\filename.htm.url
Where localpath is a drive letter and path on the your computer, and filename.htm is the name of Web Presentation you are trying to open.
-or-
On Windows NT 4.x or Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 5.x: PowerPoint opens a generic, blank presentation.


WORKAROUND

If you want to open a file from a Web site, you can either specify the URL to the Web presentation directly in the PowerPoint Open dialog box, or you can create a Web Folder that is mapped to the Web site where the Web presentation resides.

For more information about Web Folders, click Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Help on the Help menu, type "How do I create a Web Folder?" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

-or-
For more information about opening files on a web server, click Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Help on the Help menu, type "How do I open a web presentation?" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.


STATUS

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

Additional query words: PPT2K PPT2000 PPT POWERPNT 2000 PPT9 9.0 


Keywords          : kbdta kbhtml 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: June 28, 1999