subject: The Presentation Can Not Be Opened and Read By MS PowerPoint [print this page] The Presentation Can Not Be Opened and Read By MS PowerPoint
Are you unable to open your PowerPoint presentation of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, 2003, or 2002, in earlier versions of this application? Do you encounter error messages, which indicate that the file is unreadable, while opening the presentation? Well, this problem can occur due to numerous reasons, such as password protection of the file, damaged presentation, or application compatibility issues. In all such cases, the presentation becomes totally inaccessible and you experience data loss if an updated backup is not in place. In such situations, you need to opt for pptx recovery solutions.
When you try to open any MS PowerPoint presentation (which was designed in MS PowerPoint 2002/XP or later versions of Microsoft PowerPoint) in an earlier version of PowerPoint, the presentation cannot be accessed. At the same time, you may also encounter any of the below error messages:
"PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by path/filename."
Or
"PowerPoint can't read path/filename."
The below actions apply only to Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. For determining unique number, which is associated with message that you get, press the Ctrl+Shift+I keys. As a result, you may any of the below numbers in lower-right corner of message:
400010
Or
400011
If you're sure that your presentation was not edited or created in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, or in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, the presentation may be damaged.
Cause
You may face this problem if any of the below conditions is true:
You are trying to open the password-protected PowerPoint 2002, PowerPoint 2003, rPoint 2007 presentation in an earlier version of Microsoft PowerPoint. Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and earlier versions do not support password-protection and thus can not read password-protected files.
The presentation is damaged and PowerPoint can not read it.
Resolution
If the password protection is causing the problem, open the presentation in the version of PowerPoint in which it was created, and remove password protection. In case of corruption of the PPT or PPTX files, Recover PowerPoint presentation using third-party applications.
The PPT Recovery applications are powerful enough to thoroughly scan entire presentation and restore all of its inaccessible objects. They enable you to perform quick and easy PPTX Recovery.
