DOCUMENT:Q169359  16-APR-2000  [powerpt]
TITLE   :PPT7: Error Editing PowerPoint 4.0 Object in Word 6.0 Document
PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:7.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kberrmsg kbinterop kbole kbdta

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you open a Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0, document in Microsoft
Word for Windows 95, version 7.0, and double-click an embedded PowerPoint slide
or presentation, you receive one of the following error messages:

   Word cannot edit the Microsoft PowerPoint Slide

-or-

   Word cannot edit the Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation.

This error may occur if you create the document on a computer running Microsoft
Word, version 6.0, and PowerPoint, version 4.0, and open it on a computer
running Microsoft Word, version 7.0 and PowerPoint, version 7.0.

CAUSE
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STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft
PowerPoint 97.

Additional query words: 7.00 ppt7 ppt7.0 powerpnt embedded linked source file server application cannot be found kberrmsg

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbinterop kbole kbdta 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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