Open it in 2007. If he saved it as a pptm, he must have been using 2007, so get him to re-open it and save it as a 98-2003 file. ck -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tpdhome@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, 16 June 2008 1:41 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: ppt problem One of my colleagues has accidentally saved his powerpoint presentation (that he's been working on for weeks without backing up) as a *.pptm. He thinks that this is "with macros". We haven't been able to work out if and how to open it. I've tried the basics of renaming to ppt and pps, and tried opening from within PowerPoint--all without luck. Does anyone have any ideas? Cheers, Terry ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************