subject: Resolving Error 'powerpoint Found Unreadable Content In File_name.pptx' [print this page] With Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, you can create high-impact presentations with effective tables, SmartArt diagrams, clip arts, and lots of other features. This version uses PPTX format, which is considered superior to its earlier counterpart- PPT. Despite the improvements that this format incorporates, file corruption is not an exception in PowerPoint 2007. A PPTX file can get corrupt for several reasons, which include virus attack, unexpected shutdown, application malfunction, and more. Few such issues can be resolved by opening the PowerPoint 2007 file in an earlier version. But if this trick fails, you can try other PPT Recovery solutions like, inserting the slides in a new presentation, restoring from backup, and many more.
Here is an error message, which is typically encountered when trying to open a PowerPoint presentation created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
PowerPoint found unreadable content in file_name.pptx. Do you want to recover the contents of this presentation? If you trust the source of this presentation, click Yes.
You cannot open the presentation after you receive this error message. This error suggests that the PowerPoint presentation has been damaged or corrupted and cannot be opened.
Resolution
Following are the basic methods of resolving corruption issues with a PPTX file:
Try to open the PowerPoint 2007 presentation in an earlier version of PowerPoint such as, PowerPoint 2002. If you are successful in opening the file, try inserting its slides into a new presentation. For this, the steps are as given below:
Click 'New Slide' in the 'Slides' group of 'Home' tab
Click 'Reuse Slides'
Click 'Open a PowerPoint File'
Browse to the file that you want to open
Click 'Open'
Check for a suitable backup of presentation that you can use to restore the damaged presentation. If such a backup is available, delete the corrupted presentation and replace it with the one in backup.
If possible, recreate the presentation
Use a third-party utility to Recover PPT file. A PPTX Recovery software can scan a corrupted PowerPoint 2007 presentation and restore its contents to a safe location.
