Q141860: PPT: Can’t Open Files Created in Foreign Language Version

Article: Q141860
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,7.0; :4.0,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbdta kbconversion
Last Modified: 16-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Japanese PowerPoint for Japanese Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft Japanese PowerPoint for Japanese Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Korean PowerPoint for Korean Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to open a presentation created in a Chinese, Japanese, or
Korean (Far East) version of PowerPoint, you may receive one of the following
messages:

  Sorry, the file cannot be opened with this version of PowerPoint.

  -or-

  Sorry, this type of file cannot be opened by PowerPoint.

This error occurs when you are using a non-Far East version of PowerPoint 4.0 or
7.0 to open a presentation created and saved in Far East PowerPoint format.

CAUSE
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The Far East languages use a different character set than non-Far East
languages. Because Far East languages have many, many characters, Far East
PowerPoint files must be stored in a double-byte format. The non-Far East
versions of PowerPoint save their files in a single-byte format.

The non-Far East versions of PowerPoint 7.0 can open the double-byte format, but
the non-Far East versions of PowerPoint 4.0 cannot.

RESOLUTION
==========

To open a Far East PowerPoint version 4.0 presentation in non-Far East versions
of PowerPoint listed at the beginning of this article, you must first save the
Far East presentation as a non-Far East PowerPoint version 4.0 file.

Non-Far East PowerPoint version 7.0 can open a file saved in Far East PowerPoint
version 4.0 or 7.0 format; however, you cannot read most of the content.

Additional query words: 4.00 7.00 convert translate corrupt kbconversion oriental kanji eastern far east Asian

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion 
Technology        : kbHLangKorean kbHLangJapanese kbHLangChinesePan kbHLangChineseSimp kbHLangChineseTrad kbPowerPtSearch kbPTProdChange kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,7.0; :4.0,7.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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