[Solved] Problems trying to open old .ppt file using Impress
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:51 pm
Using Open Office 4.1.3, W7 64-bit
When trying to open an old .ppt file using Impress (which I've never used before), I'm offered a ASCII Filter Options window, which I'm not sure how to edit/use. By accepting the defaults I'm then shown screens full of code, rather than anything like the original file - which was a single page with a block diagram with boxes, lines, arowheads and of course text. Please can anyone suggest how I may get the original page back, and then be able to edit it, say as a .odp ?
I don't know which version of Powerpoint was used to create and save the original, but it was possibly from the mid '1990s. I've also tried opening it with the oldest version of Powerpoint I still have (which is dated 2000) on an older PC, and that gives me a "can't open the file" type of error message, so maybe the file is corrupted anyway. I see from googling that Microsoft's Powerpoint Viewer was discontinued earlier this year, so that door is now closed too.
When trying to open an old .ppt file using Impress (which I've never used before), I'm offered a ASCII Filter Options window, which I'm not sure how to edit/use. By accepting the defaults I'm then shown screens full of code, rather than anything like the original file - which was a single page with a block diagram with boxes, lines, arowheads and of course text. Please can anyone suggest how I may get the original page back, and then be able to edit it, say as a .odp ?
I don't know which version of Powerpoint was used to create and save the original, but it was possibly from the mid '1990s. I've also tried opening it with the oldest version of Powerpoint I still have (which is dated 2000) on an older PC, and that gives me a "can't open the file" type of error message, so maybe the file is corrupted anyway. I see from googling that Microsoft's Powerpoint Viewer was discontinued earlier this year, so that door is now closed too.