KB189513 - OFF98: PowerPoint May Not Be Updated by Office 98 Updater

Article ID: 189513

Article Last Modified on 10/7/2003

Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q189513

SYMPTOMS

After running the Microsoft Office 98 Updater, the version of Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition may be unchanged.

CAUSE

If you have renamed the Microsoft PowerPoint icon in the Microsoft Office 98 folder to something other than "Microsoft PowerPoint," the Microsoft Office 98 Updater may not update Microsoft PowerPoint.

The Microsoft Office 98 Updater searches for a file called Microsoft Powerpoint. If it is found on your hard disk drive, the update will copy a new version of the file to your hard disk drive.

RESOLUTION

To update Microsoft PowerPoint using the Microsoft Office 98 Updater, follow these steps:

Rename the Microsoft PowerPoint icon in the Microsoft Office 98 folder on your hard disk drive to "Microsoft PowerPoint," without quotation marks.
Run the Microsoft Office 98 Updater.

To verify that Microsoft PowerPoint is updated, check the version of the icon in the Microsoft Office 98 folder on your hard disk drive according to the following table.

   File                     Old Version    New Version
   ---------------------------------------------------

   Microsoft PowerPoint     8.0 (4927)     8.0 (5508)

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

189496 OFF98: How to Install and Run the Microsoft Office 98 Updater

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