PPT4: Error 452 Saving Presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 Format
  
PSS ID Number: Q182554
Article last modified on 07-10-1998
 
MACINTOSH:4.0,98
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to save your PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 
format, you receive the following error message:

   Sorry, there was an error (452) accessing the file.

CAUSE
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The presentation you are attempting to save at one point may have been 
converted from PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, or PowerPoint 97 
for Windows format, and contains one or more object linking and embedding 
(OLE) objects, such as an organization chart or graph object. 

The PowerPoint translators used for saving in PowerPoint 3.0 format are 
unable to translate these types of PowerPoint for Windows presentations, 
even if the file has already been translated and saved in PowerPoint for the
Macintosh format.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article.
 
Additional query words: translate downrev save drs revision down convert filter 
3.0 4.0 powerpoint4 ppt4 pp4
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Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion kbbuglist
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix
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