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powerpoint can't open visual basic for applications project in presentation

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2013-09-14T01:44:34+00:00

When I tried to open .pps files, it seemed that they were embedded with vb codes, thus a dialog popped up and showed that powerpoint couldn't open visual basic for applications project in presentation, I don't know why this could happen and how I could solve it. 

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  1. Steve Rindsberg 99,161 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-09-14T15:33:46+00:00

    There can be VBA code in PPS files; nothing startling there.

    I'm guessing you're opening the file by doubleclicking its icon.  Instead, start PowerPoint, do File | Open and browse to the file to open it.  This will open it in Normal (editing) view rather than in slide show view.

    That'll at least let you look at the slides.  And if you want, you can press Alt + F11 to open the visual basic editor and, unless the VBA part is protected, look at the VBA in the project.  Sometimes it's just random stuff that someone might have forgotten to remove; other times it could be important to the way the presentation functions.

    Also, if you have the 64-bit version of PowerPoint, it may be incompatible with some code from earlier PPT versions; that might also account for the message.

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