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PowerPoint cannot save a presentation

Anonymous
2013-05-15T14:45:50+00:00

When saving a PowerPoint presentation there are 2 different errors:

"The file is corrupt and cannot be opened."

"PowerPoint found an error that it can't correct. You should save presentations, quit, and then restart PowerPoint."

Have tried repairing Office/PowerPoint. Tried saving as a 97-2003 version. Tried coping and pasting to a new PowerPoint but get the same error. 

The problem usually starts after copying and pasting slide(s) from a working presentation to a working presentation. If the additional slides are removed the presentation still will not save. Also the same slides do not always cause the problem. 

Anyone have suggestions?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-05-17T17:38:12+00:00

    The problem started on a Windows XP PowerPoint 2010 system and is not happening on a fresh Windows 7 PowerPoint 2010 system.

    Saving as a different PowerPoint version also does not save.

    It can save as PDF but then the presentation is not editable in PowerPoint.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-16T20:23:46+00:00

    Have you installed any new updates on the system after which the issue started?

    Try saving as and see if that works.

    Also try saving to a different file format and see if that helps.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-05-15T14:54:00+00:00

    Also have tried disabling Protect View but it does not fix the problem.

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