subject: Resolving 'PowerPoint Viewer Cannot Read ' error while opening unpacked presentation [print this page] Resolving 'PowerPoint Viewer Cannot Read ' error while opening unpacked presentation
PowerPoint presentations can be made ready to view on any computer by using the 'Pack and Go' feature. This feature enables the user at the receiving end to open and view the presentation's content even if he has not installed the PowerPoint application on the system. This feature includes the PowerPoint Viewer so that you can play presentation on any computer. In PowerPoint 2000 and earlier versions, the feature is named as 'Pack and Go', while in later versions it is called as 'Package for CD'. However, at times when you receive an unpacked presentation and you try and open it using Microsoft PowerPoint viewer, you may not be able to do so. The reasons can vary but one of the major reasons could be PowerPoint corruption. In order to fix a damaged PPT file, you must find appropriate pptx recovery solutions.
Consider a practical case, wherein, you view an unpacked PowerPoint 2000 presentation using the Microsoft PowerPoint viewer 97, and receive the following error:
"PowerPoint Viewer can't read C:pathfilename.ppt"
As a result of the above error, you are unable to open an important presentation.
Cause
The above error could have erupted in the following situations:
The abrupt behavior can be seen when you change the PowerPoint 2000 default file save format to the PowerPoint 95 file format.
The behavior can also be encountered if the presentation is damaged or corrupt
Resolution
The following steps can be taken into consideration to change the presentation saved as PowerPoint 95 file format to PowerPoint 2000 file format, followed by repacking:
1.Open your presentation in PowerPoint 2000.
2.Go to the Tools menu, click Options.
3.On the Save tab, click to select PowerPoint Presentation from the Save PowerPoint files as:list.
4.Use Pack and Go again, and repack the presentation.
In order to recover the damaged presentation, you can download a ppt recovery application which fixes a corrupt .ppt file and recovers all its objects in the original form.
Such third-party PowerPoint recovery tools employ sophisticated algorithms to extract data from a corrupt ppt file. Make sure you download a read-only tool which doesn't modify the original data.
