PowerPoint 98 or 2001 crashes with a 'Type 2' error when I open it

PPTools
Shape Styles brings the power of styles to PowerPoint. Apply complex formatting with a single click
Merge Excel, CSV or tab-delimited data into PowerPoint presentations to create certificates, awards presentations, personalized presentations and more
FixLinks prevents broken links when you distribute PowerPoint presentations
Optimizer saves disk space and bandwidth, shrinks your PowerPoint presentations to the right size for email, screenshow or printing
PPT2HTML gives you full control of PowerPoint HTML output, helps meet Section 508 accessibility requirements
Prep4PDF preserves interactivity in PowerPoint presentations when you convert to PDF
Image Export converts PowerPoint slides to JPG, PNG, GIF, WMF and more

Go to Macintosh HD:System Folder:Preferences:Microsoft. Delete any files called "PowerPoint Temp".

Apply the latest updates to PowerPoint.

Increase the memory allocation to PowerPoint:

Click the PowerPoint icon in the Finder, then go to File, Get Info, Memory.
Set the Preferred size to at least 25000K.

Also check MacPPT: System Error or Hang When You Start PowerPoint on Microsoft's Product Support Services site ( http://support.microsoft.com )

Contents © 1995 - 2008 Stephen Rindsberg, Rindsberg Photography, Inc. and members of the MS PowerPoint MVP team. You may link to this page but any form of unauthorized reproduction of this page's contents is expressly forbidden.

content authoring & site maintenance by

Friday - The Automatic FAQ Maker