PowerPoint can't open saved Keynote docs

Recently, any Keynote I make and save as a PowerPoint is corrupt. Keynote can open it fine, but PowerPoint can't. Is there a way to fix this?

Everyone is having this problem right now. Seems like there may be more to it than just the grouping issue that laurent commented about. I also read that you need to convert all graphics to RGB instead of CYMK.
I for one, don't understand why it is taking so long for them to get this figured out - they should just convert the images and groups to support PPT - I know MS cares less and will never support us Apple users. Maybe Apple could give us a break on this one...

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I've just got MS Office for Mac and while Word is quite happy opening Pages documents I saved as '.doc's, Powerpoint won't open the Keynote presentations I have saved as '.ppt's. I've tried all the workarounds I've come across on the web (exporting, inserting, copying) but none seem to work.
When I try to open the '.ppt' file, the error messages I get are: first, 'Powerpoint can attempt to repair the file. If you trust the source of this file, click Repair.'; second, 'PowerPoint cannot open /Users/username/etc. because part of the file is missing'.
All advice gratefully received.
Tim

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Try this repair, ensure you complete all the tasks and in the order shown:
1 delete all the iWork applications if you have them, not just Keynote, use Appcleaner from Mac Update to           do this, its freeware
2 restart the Mac;   Apple menu > restart
3 immediately after the start chime, press the shift key until you see the Apple symbol.
         let it fully boot up, it will take longer as the OS is repairing the drive
4 when fully booted, go to Applications > Utilities > Disc Utility; click on the boot drive then First Aid tab and           click repair disc permissions
5 when complete, restart the Mac normally
6 install Keynote from the Mac App Store
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Canozzie11 wrote:
Sorry, just to be clear...
You cannot open keynote in Powerpoint.
But you can open a powerpoint in Keynote.
Correct?
Yes correct
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Hello
After spending a whole morning working on a presentation, Keynote '08 suddenly quit, with the normal message. Now the file I was working on will not open, no matter what computer (we have three in the office) or what I do. I have searched through these and other forums looking for help, and have tried everything I've come across (opening the package, deleting .plist, etc) but still no joy.
Keynote can open every other file I've created in the past without issue. I'm not sure if it affects anything, but this file was a ppt file which I opening in Keynote and edited, then resaved as a Keynote file.
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On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:41:25 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> Well I tried . I saved another file before the big project and named it
> also with a date . After I realized I can`t open my big file I paniced
> and tried to open it no matter what . So I rigt clicked on my file and
> changed the opening program to photoshop . It didn`t help . After a few
> minutes I realized I could just have renamed it and put .psd after the
> name . So I first tried it with the smaller project and it worked . But
> nothing cahnged after I tried to do the same with the big project . I
> believe it`s because I had changed the opening program of the big but
> didn`t touch it on the small project . Is there another chance to open
> it ?
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If the file's not too big, put it up on a server and some of us can try to
open it. Or email it to me mike - at - curvemeister.com
Meantime, put on a new pot of coffee and start doing the work over again.
All of us wind up doing redos for one reason or another, and you'll be
surprised how fast it goes the second time.
Mike Russell - [advertising link deleted]

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where the system has to automatically find and use free space for most
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{There are specific rules (seen online in helpful articles, some in Support)
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gets full, stuff can fail. So, to free-up user created files such as music
(including hidden duplicates if they exist) so that space can be reclaimed
and used by the OS X, is a good idea.
To get and use an externally enclosed hard disk drive in a self-powered
unit with AC Adapter, probably a FireWire ported one so the transfer
rate is fast enough to get the job done (USB 1.1 is too slow to boot an
older computer, so FireWire can; a clone of the entire computer could
be created on a formatted FireWire bootable externally enclosed drive
and that could be used as a bootable backup.) Archiving this way is a
way to keep all the files and their status collectively together; then if
something happens to the computer's internal drive, this remains.
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and a permissions repair can be done in that disc's version of Disk Utility
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remaining; then work on getting rid of non-essential items, so as to
save the system itself from damages. Also, if the computer is getting
older, it may be time to consider a new replacement hard disk drive;
and if so, a larger capacity one could be installed, and the older one
put in an external FireWire enclosure, then the content may be cloned
back into the computer on a partition or direct; so there'd be more
free space that way for the contents. (Or weed out non-essentials, too.)
More information would be needed to proceed, since this situation is
at best sketchy and could be problematic to say the least.
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