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Can't Index Embedded Objects in PowerPoint Slideshow

Article ID: 166476

Article Last Modified on 2/25/2002

Microsoft Index Server 1.1 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q166476

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Microsoft Index Server to search for filtered files, embedded objects in a PowerPoint slideshow may not indexed properly and therefore a hit will not be made from a search query on strings in the embedded object. Text in the slide that was not embedded is filtered and indexed properly.

CAUSE

The Index Server filter for PowerPoint slideshows does not properly handle embedded objects.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, upgrade to Index Server 2.0 or Windows 2000 Indexing Service.

WORKAROUND

There is currently no method to force the embedded object to be filtered. To work around this problem:

Save the embedded object as a separate file or embedded in a different application, such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, that does not exhibit this behavior.

If you want stop the event ID associated with this error, add the following registry setting:

   REGEDIT4

   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ContentIndex]

   "EventLogFlags"=dword:00000000

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Microsoft Index Server version 1.1. This problem is corrected in Index Server 2.0 and Windows 2000 Indexing Service.

Keywords: kbbug kbinterop kbpending KB166476