Article: Q141860
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,7.0; :4.0,7.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbdta kbconversion
Last Modified: 16-APR-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Japanese PowerPoint for Japanese Windows 95, version 7.0
- Microsoft Japanese PowerPoint for Japanese Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows 95, version 7.0
- Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Korean PowerPoint for Korean Windows 95, version 7.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to open a presentation created in a Chinese, Japanese, or
Korean (Far East) version of PowerPoint, you may receive one of the following
messages:
Sorry, the file cannot be opened with this version of PowerPoint.
-or-
Sorry, this type of file cannot be opened by PowerPoint.
This error occurs when you are using a non-Far East version of PowerPoint 4.0 or
7.0 to open a presentation created and saved in Far East PowerPoint format.
CAUSE
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The Far East languages use a different character set than non-Far East
languages. Because Far East languages have many, many characters, Far East
PowerPoint files must be stored in a double-byte format. The non-Far East
versions of PowerPoint save their files in a single-byte format.
The non-Far East versions of PowerPoint 7.0 can open the double-byte format, but
the non-Far East versions of PowerPoint 4.0 cannot.
RESOLUTION
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To open a Far East PowerPoint version 4.0 presentation in non-Far East versions
of PowerPoint listed at the beginning of this article, you must first save the
Far East presentation as a non-Far East PowerPoint version 4.0 file.
Non-Far East PowerPoint version 7.0 can open a file saved in Far East PowerPoint
version 4.0 or 7.0 format; however, you cannot read most of the content.
Additional query words: 4.00 7.00 convert translate corrupt kbconversion oriental kanji eastern far east Asian
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Keywords : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion
Technology : kbHLangKorean kbHLangJapanese kbHLangChinesePan kbHLangChineseSimp kbHLangChineseTrad kbPowerPtSearch kbPTProdChange kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,7.0; :4.0,7.0
Hardware : MAC x86
Issue type : kbprb
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