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Q157434: PPT: "There are Too Many Windows Open" Error Message

Article: Q157434
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg
Last Modified: 16-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to open a presentation or if you click New Window on the Window menu,
you may receive this error message:

  There are too many windows open. Please close one.

This error occurs if you already have fifty PowerPoint windows open.

CAUSE
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PowerPoint 7.0 is designed to support up to fifty windows open simultaneously.

Additional query words: 7.00 views multiple slideshows

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Keywords          : kberrmsg 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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