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Thursday, February 21, 2013

3 Methods to Play PowerPoint on HTC One

HTC One
HTC One
A new smartphone was introduced by HTC in New York & London on February 19. This long-rumored handset, HTC One (former named HTC M7), is treated as one of opponents of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4. The phone will be rolled out in North America at the end of March, with black or silver color for choice. Price issues are not mentioned yet, but the company claimed that current HTC users could have a $100 back when they trade in their old phone and buy the new “One”.

Specifications
  • Android 4.1.2 OS
  • 4.7-inch 1080P LCD display with 1920 x 1080 pixels and 468ppi
  • 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 CPU
  • 2GB of RAM
  • 32 or 64GB of ROM
  • 4MP rear camera, 2.1MP front camera
  • 2,300mAh battery
  • GPS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi
Highlights

UltraPixel. A new camera technology called UltraPixel is used on HTC One. Though the phone’s rear camera is only 4MP, with UltraPixel, which absorbs more than 300 times the light of a megapixel, makes HTC One the clear favorite in low light environments.

BlinkFeed. BlinkFeed is a new feature to display social networks, news and feeds to users home screen. HTC says it has 1,400 content partners signed up, one of the big ones is ESPN.

HTC Zoe. Zoe, a photo creation and sharing app which lets users create photos using three-second videos. Sound similar to Vine, which is produced by twitter.

Play PowerPoint on HTC One

As we mentioned above, this phone is suitable to take photos and play SNSs. Then how about playing PowerPoint? As a high-end smartphone with Android OS, there should be at least 3 ways to view PowerPoint on HTC One.

Office apps. Users can find several Office apps on Google Play, such as Documents To Go and Kingsoft Office. These free or paid tools can help users play or even edit PowerPoint on Android devices. However, mobile Office apps are not like Office suite on computer. Some PowerPoint elements can’t be shown on these apps, for instance, background music and animations.

Convert PowerPoint to PDF. If users are on Office 2010/2013, it could be easy to convert PPT to PDF formats directly. Then transfer these PDF files to HTC One and play them with Adobe Reader. Disadvantage of this method is the same as the previous one: no sounds or animations, just pictures.

Convert PowerPoint to video. To play PowerPoint on HTC One with background music and animation effects remained, users can convert presentations to video formats in advance. With the help of Moyea PPT to video converter, a free download program for PowerPoint conversion, it could be convenient to do the trick. 

The whole process takes a few steps. Install and launch the converter, then import PowerPoint files. Set the output video format as “mp4”, video codec as “H.264”, video size as “1920 x 1080” and audio codec as “AAC”. Click the “Start” button to start conversion. It could be done in a few minutes. The last but not least step is to transfer videos to the phone. Enjoy viewing PowerPoint on HTC One!

Friday, September 7, 2012

How to View PowerPoint on Amazon Kindle Fire HD

Kindle Fire HD
Kindle Fire HD

Amazon announced the new Kindle Fire HD tablet on Thursday. This device is equipped with a 7'' HD display, 1.2 Ghz duo-core processor, exclusive Dolby audio and fastest Wi-Fi. We can  get more information about this "world's most advanced 7'' tablet" from Amazon's official introduction page.

As an Android based tablet, there's no doubt that many apps are available for the Kindle Fire HD such as playing angry birds or following your friends on SNS. And how about viewing PowerPoint on Kindle Fire HD? We know that Microsoft doesn't develop Office for Android platform so that we have to use office apps from other developers. Here are some famous PowerPoint apps for Android: Documents to Go, ThinkFree Office and Quick Office. These apps are trying to imitate the functions of Microsoft Office but regretfully they can hardly make us satisfied. Any other methods to do that? Absolutely yes, we can convert the PowerPoint to video and view it.

Now please let me introduce a software named Moyea PPT to Video Converter. It's able to input PowerPoint and output video files in different formats. The conversion can be done with only a few clicks. Don't understand yet? Never mind, now let me show you the step-by-step tutorial.

Step 1: Import PowerPoint files.
Download,install and then launch the converter. You'll see the main interface of the software.
Click the Add button and choose the PowerPoint files from your hard drive. The converter supports batch conversion so that you're able to add multiple files at the same time.
Interface of Moyea PPT to Video Converter
Interface of Moyea PPT to Video Converter

Step 2: Setup output video format.
Setup output video format
Setup output video format
Click the Profile drop down menu, you'll see a list of output video formats. More than 100 options with different formats and resolutions for your choose. For example, we choose the popular .mp4 as the output format. If you know the Kindle Fire HD's specifications, you're able to setup the output parameters to suit the tablet.
Advanced settings
Click the Settings button, a new Profile window pops up. You're free to setup the parameters here, such as Quality, Bit Rate, Video Size, etc.
Advanced settings

Step 3: Convert PowerPoint to Video.
What you need to do is click the big Convert button and wait for the conversion. When the conversion is done, put the video files into the tablet. 
Now enjoy the fun of viewing PowerPoint with your Kindle Fire HD!


Related: How to rip DVD to Kindle Fire HD?

Thursday, June 3, 2010

How to Create a PowerPoint Template for PowerPoint 2010

To clarify what a PowerPoint template is, see What is a PowerPoint template?

Note It's not necessary for you to create a template from scratch. There are thousands of FREE PowerPoint templates on Office.com that you can use or revise to meet your needs.

To begin creating the template that you'll use in your presentation, do the following:

  1. Open a blank presentation, and then on the View tab, in the Master Views group, click Slide Master.

Tip In Slide Master view, in the slide thumbnail (thumbnail: A miniature representation of a picture.) pane, the slide master represents the larger slide image, and the associated layouts are smaller, positioned beneath it.

Slide Master with layouts

Callout 1 1 Slide master
Callout 2 2 Associated layouts
  1. To customize the slide master and associated layouts, do one or more of the following:
    • To remove an unwanted, default placeholder from a layout, in the slide thumbnail pane, click the slide layout that contains the placeholder, click the border of the placeholder in the presentation window, and then press DELETE.
    • To add a text placeholder, in the slide thumbnail pane, click the slide layout that you want to contain the placeholder, and then do the following:
      1. On the Slide Master tab, in the Master Layout group, click Insert Placeholder, and then click Text.
      2. Click a location on the slide master, and then drag to draw the placeholder.

Tip To resize a placeholder, drag the corner of one of its borders.

  1. Type descriptive text that prompts the users of your template to enter specific information. To add custom prompt text, see Add a text placeholder with custom prompt text.
  • To add other types of placeholders that contain content such as pictures, clip art, screen shots, SmartArt graphics, charts, movies, sounds, and tables, on the Slide Master tab, in the Master Layout group, click Insert Placeholder, and then click the type of placeholder that you want to add.
  • To add character by using color and a background, do one of the following:
  • To set the page orientation for all of the slides in your presentation, on the Slide Master tab, in the Page Setup group, click Slide Orientation, and then click either Portrait or Landscape.
  1. To save your template, click the File tab File tab, and then click Save As.
  2. In the File name box, type a file name, or do nothing to accept the suggested file name.
  3. In the Save as type list, click PowerPoint Template (.potx), and then click Save.

Tip Save your templates to the Templates folder at C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeTemplates to make them easier to locate.

  1. If you need assistance applying your new template to a presentation, see Apply a template to your presentation.
Related resources:
http://www.leawo.com/free-powerpoint-templates/
http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/powerpoint-knowledge/powerpoint-templates.html

Monday, October 12, 2009

How to Quickly Change Text Color Line by Line

Quickly change text color line by line


Sigh!

Although I write about communicating in a visual manner all the time (see 5 Steps to Slide Design for Non-Designers, for example), sometimes it becomes clear that certain presenters will never get there. I'm working with the organizer of a conference for physicians. The organizer has asked them all to use PowerPoint, but since many of them have never used it, they're handing in their notes and expecting to receive a PowerPoint presentation ready to use. Maybe a background will be designed for everyone.

Someone is pouring the text into PowerPoint. The question came up about how to easily animate bulleted text for the entire presentation so that it comes in line by line. The direct answer is easy: add the animation to the Slide Master. Whew! That saves a lot of time animating each slide for a dozen presenters!

But because I don't recommend a presentation made up of bulleted text, it's hard to make that suggestion.

Another concern is that animating bulleted text has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it keeps the audience focused on what the presenter is saying; otherwise, they tend to read ahead. Some audiences are frustrated when they don't know which point the presenter is discussing.

The disadvantage is that the audience loses the wholeness of what the presenter is saying for that slide. It's like spoon-feeding the audience, bit by bit, and many people don't like it.

Here's an alternative: presenting all of the text at once, but then changing its color, line by line. As the presenter clicks, each line's text color changes. And you can do this on the Slide Master, too.

Follow these steps:

  1. Press Shift and click the Normal view icon at the bottom of the screen to go into Slide Master view.
  2. Click the border of the text placeholder to select it.

  1. Choose Slide Show> Custom Animation. (In 2007, choose Animations tab> Animation group> Custom Animation.)
  2. In the Custom Animation task pane, choose Add Effect> Emphasis> Change Font Color.
  3. Click the Font Color drop-down list and choose a color that is both easily distinguishable from the original color and that also contrasts well with the background. (This can take some thought!)
  4. Click the Speed drop-down list and choose a speed. I found the default Medium to be too slow, so I changed it to Fast.

  1. Insert a slide with some bulleted text.
  2. Test the animation in Slide Show view. All of the text appears on the slide at once, but each line changes color as you click.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Make a Perfect Animation for Your PowerPoint

A while ago, I asked my subscribers what they want from this site, and the responses were contradictory. Some of you wanted basics and others wanted advanced techniques.

In this tutorial, I'll provide a basic tutorial of animation along with best practices that even advanced users should find valuable. Happily, animation in PowerPoint 2007 is the same as in 2002 and 2003, so the instructions apply to all of these versions.

You can follow along with this tutorial in your version of PowerPoint.

Why use animation?

Animation is valuable for these purposes:

  • To show a process or change
  • To focus the audience's attention on a specific section of the slide
  • For entertainment

You should never use animation just because you can. It's annoying to the audience and distracts from you message.

Decide why you need animation

Decide which of the above reasons requires you to use animation. Knowing this will help you choose the animation effect that's appropriate for your situation.

Focus the audience's attention on a specific section of the slide

Placing a circle around a section of the slide calls attention to it. This works better than using a laser pointer; a laser pointer is hard to control and requires you to look at the slide while you're talking -- instead of at the audience.

PowerPoint animation tutorial

It's easy to make circles appear using animation.

  1. Draw the circles. Right-click and choose Format (Auto)Shape. Set the fill to No Fill and change the outline as desired.
  2. Select a circle and choose Slide Show> Custom Animation. (In 2007, go to Animations tab> Animations group> Custom Animation.) The Custom Animation task pane appears.
  3. Choose Add Effect> Entrance> (More Effects)> Appear. Leave the other settings at their defaults.
  4. Select the second circle and add the same animation to it.
  5. Press Ctrl and click the Slide Show button at the bottom of your screen (on the left for 2003, on the right for 2007). You'll see a quarter-size slide show view. Click twice to test the animation.

When you present, you can start discussing the chart and click when you get the point point where you want to emphasize the encircled section.

Create animation to show a process or change

Let's say that you want to show the process of a seed sprouting. All you have is a series of images of different stages, so you can't show a continual change. In this situation, fading from one image to another will give the impression of continuous growth. This technique is fairly advanced.

  1. To start, open PowerPoint. Right-click and choose (Slide) Layout. Choose the Title Only layout. I changed the justification of the title, but that's not necessary.
  2. Enter the text for the title, in this case, How a seed sprouts.
  3. I found this image in Microsoft Office's clip art collection. To find it, choose Insert Clip Art on the Drawing toolbar. (In 2007, go to Insert tab> Illustrations group> Clip Art.
  4. In the Clip Art task pane on the right, enter seedlings in the Search For text box. The Search In drop-down list should read All Collections. From the Results Should Be drop-down list, choose Photographs and make sure that the other check boxes are not checked. Click Go. Click the image below to insert it on your slide.

PowerPoint animation tutorial

A Fade transition from slide to slide exists but it isn't very subtle and you can't control the timing. Therefore, you should create this animation all on one slide.

  1. This image has a white background which will make your work easier if it's transparent. Select it and choose Set Transparent Color on the Picture toolbar that appears. Click the white background.
  2. You need 7 copies of the image, each cropped to one of the stages. Then we'll add the fade effect. To start, select the image, and press Ctrl + D. Press the right arrow key a couple of times until you can see the old and new images separately. You'll notice that the copy is lower than the original. Use the up arrow twice to bring the copy up to the same level as the original.
  3. Now press Ctrl + D 5 more times to make 7 images. You'll notice that PowerPoint remembered the spacing between the first copy and the original and continues the pattern, so that the images are now all lined up.

PowerPoint animation tutorial

  1. Select the rightmost copy. The Picture toolbar appears. (In 2007, go to Format tab> Size group>Crop button.) Click the Crop button and drag on the left crop handle until you see only the rightmost stage. Click on the second-to-right image, and crop both on the right and the left so that you have the second-to-last stage. Continue until you have 7 images, each showing one stage. If you make a mistake, you can always undo cropping and try again. Also, the images overlap slightly; just do the best you can. If necessary, move some of the images a little to the left or right (with the arrow keys) to separate them. Be sure to save your presentation now and regularly as you go on.

It's hard to animate many objects when they're on top of each other, so we'll animate them as is and place them on top of each other at the end. The result will be like a stop-motion movie. As each stage fades out, the next will fade in.

  1. The first stage will appear on the slide at the beginning, so we just need to fade it out. Select it, and choose Slide Show> Custom Animation. (In 2007, go to Animations tab> Animations group> Custom Animation.) The Custom Animation task pane appears.
  2. Choose Add Effect> Exit> (More Effects)> Fade. Leave the default Start setting as On Click. We'll start the sequence by clicking, but the rest will happen automatically.
  3. Select the second stage. This will fade in as the first stage fades out. Choose Add Effect> Entrance> (More Effects)> Fade. Set the Start setting to With Previous.
  4. With the second stage still selected, choose Add Effect> Exit> Fade. Set the Start setting to After Previous.
  5. Repeat the last two steps for the 3rd through 6th stages. Be sure to set each exit to After Previous and each entrance to With Previous.
  6. The last stage will remain on the slide, so just add an entrance fade and set it to With Previous.
  7. Click the Play button on the Custom Animation task pane and view the animation. Each stage should successively fade in while the previous stage is fading out. If you think the effect is too slow, you can change the speed of all the animations to Fast. Just select the first animation, press Shift, select the last animation, and choose Fast from the Speed drop-down list.
  8. Use the left arrow key to move the 2nd stage on top of the 1st stage as exactly as possible. Continue with the rest of the images until they're all in one place.

PowerPoint animation tutorial

Here's the result.

We'll discuss using animation for its entertainment value in a future tip.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Do You Know How to Create a Better PowerPoint Template?

PowerPoint's default blank template is annoying! It really needs work. And with more and more people using white backgrounds, you're probably using the blank template more often. Here's what to do to make a better template.

Here are the steps:

  1. Open a new presentation file, which uses the default blank template. In 2007, it's the default blank theme.
  2. Press Shift and click the Normal view icon to enter the slide master. Note: In PowerPoint 2007, to change the slide master for all layouts, click the larger layout at the top and format that. (Formatting an individual layout only affects that layout.)
  3. Titles are usually centered by default; and because they are different lengths, their left side is different for each slide. It’s better to left-justify the titles and they’ll stay in the same place and give the magical appearance of changing without moving. Click in the title placeholder, and click the Align Left button on the Format toolbar. (In PowerPoint 2007, right-click in the title placeholder, and click the Mini toolbar’s Align Text Left button.) You may want to left justify the title slide also.
  4. Some titles are 1 line and others are 2 lines. You’ll see the titles jump down when you display a 2-line title after a slide with a 1-line title. Instead, give them a vertical justification of bottom and that bottom left corner will stay steady. Double-click the placeholder to open the Format Placeholder dialog box. On the Text box tab, set the Text Anchor Point to Bottom. Click OK. (In 2007, right-click the placeholder and choose Format Shape. Click the Text Box category and set the Vertical alignment to Bottom. Click Close.)
  5. By default, titles are in Title case, which means that the first letter of most words is capitalized. The initial cap slows down reading; I suggest using Sentence case, in which only the first word of the title is capitalized. This isn’t a setting; just avoid capitalizing all the words in the title.
  6. When setting the font size for titles, if some of your titles will be long, make the text size smaller. The title text doesn’t need to be much bigger than the slide text. The default is 44, which severely limits the amount of text you can fit. I suggest using 40— or even 36 if your titles are very long. Select the text and use the Formatting toolbar (mini toolbar in PowerPoint 2007) to change the font size.
  7. Another thing you can do if your titles are long is to make the text placeholders wider. You can drag one “notch” to the left and to the right.
  8. Since you should have some idea of the color of your background, make sure that your title and body text is legible against it. Very legible. Use black or dark blue text against light backgrounds and yellow or white text against dark backgrounds.
  9. Delete the 4 levels of sub-bullets; you should never use them.
  10. Get rid of the footers, too, they just distract from your main point and are too small to read any way. Just select and delete. If you want slide numbers, though, leave the bottom right footer. Move it way over to the right. You now have room to make the slide text placeholder larger by dragging its bottom edge down.

Here you see the reformatted slide master.

Create a better PowerPoint template-slide master

When this is done, save the result as a template so that you won’t have to make these changes again. Here’s how:

  1. Return to Normal view.
  2. Click the Save icon.
  3. From the Save as Type drop-down list, choose Design Template (PowerPoint Template). The folder should automatically switch to the default Templates folder.
  4. To keep the default template, insert a name in the File Name text box. I use MyBlank.
  5. Click Save.

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Friday, September 18, 2009

8 Methods to Recover a Corrupt PowerPoint File?

By Echo Swinford, Microsoft MVP and creator of EchosVoice.

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

This article is excerpted from "Recovering a corrupt PowerPoint file," by Echo Swinford. For the complete text of the article, see EchosVoice.

You’ve worked hard on your presentation, but when you try to open it, you receive an error message, “PowerPoint cannot open the type of file represented by filename.ppt.” This is the classic sign of a corrupt presentation, but don’t panic yet—you may be able to get at least some of the file back.

Is it a password-protected file?

Before you determine that your file is indeed corrupt, first find out if a password was added to it in PowerPoint 2002 (also known as PowerPoint XP) or PowerPoint 2003. If the file does have a password and you are trying to open it by using a previous version of PowerPoint, you will receive this error. Ask the person who created the file to resave it without the password, or use the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer to view the presentation.

Was the file sent to you as an e-mail attachment?

If you received the file as an e-mail attachment, it may have become corrupted as it traveled through cyberspace. Ask the sender to zip the file by using Microsoft Windows® XP’s built-in zip function or a program such as WinZip, and then resend. Or have them upload the file to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site, if you have one available.

Are you using PowerPoint 2003 to open a presentation created in a previous version of PowerPoint?

If you are using PowerPoint 2003 and have problems opening files created in previous versions of PowerPoint, click Check for Updates on the Help menu, and then install the Critical Update for PowerPoint 2003. If you want to know why you need this Critical Update, see this Office 2003 Critical Update overview

Nope, the file is really corrupt

If your file is truly corrupt, there are a number of things you can try to recover it.

  • Use Slides from Files on the Insert menu.
  • Locate a TMP file.
  • Open the presentation in Microsoft Office Word.
  • Move the file to a different place.
  • Open the file in a different way.
  • Use Safe Mode.
  • Use Damaged Presentations Troubleshooters.
  • Try a third-party recovery tool.

Use Slides from Files on the Insert menu

Sometimes you can recover some or all of a corrupt presentation by clicking Slides from Files on the Insert menu. Use the following steps:

  1. Open a new blank presentation.
  2. On the Insert menu, click Slides from Files.
  3. In the Slide Finder dialog box, browse to your corrupt file.
  4. Click Insert All.

    If clicking Insert All doesn’t work, try clicking Insert to insert individual slides.

Note If your corrupt slides do insert, they will take on the blank presentation formatting. You can apply the original design template to correct this. You can experiment by selecting the Keep source formatting check box in the Slide Finder dialog box if you want. The real goal, though, is to get your information back. You can reformat it if necessary.

Locate a TMP file

Occasionally when you lose your file, there will be a TMP file available. This usually only happens when you lose the file while saving, or if you were working on it when PowerPoint or Windows crashed. Nevertheless, it’s worth checking.

  1. Right-click the Windows Start button, and then click Search.
  2. In the All or part of the file name box, type *.TMP.
  3. In the Look in list, click either Local Hard Drives, or even My Computer.
  4. Click Search.
  5. After Windows finds your TMP files, click the Date Modified button at the top of the Search Results pane. You might have to scroll to the right to see this button.
  6. Look for a TMP file created around the time that you lost your PowerPoint file. Note the folder it’s in.
  7. Open PowerPoint, and then click Open on the File menu.
  8. Click the arrow next to the Files of Type box at the bottom of that dialog box, and then click All Files.
  9. Navigate to the folder where the TMP file is located.
  10. Click the TMP file, and then click Open.

Open the presentation in Word

You may be able to recover at least part of your text this way.

  1. Open Word.
  2. On the File menu, click Open.
  3. In the Open dialog box, click the arrow next to the Files of Type box at the bottom of that dialog box, and then click Recover Text From Any File.
  4. Navigate to your corrupt file, select it, and then click Open.

Don’t forget to reset your Files of Type option in the Open dialog box back to All Word Documents after you finish, or you may see strange things happen when you subsequently open Word documents. If you are able to recover your text in Word, you can move the text back into PowerPoint by clicking File, pointing to Send To, and then clicking Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

Spend some time with the styles in Word so that the text ends up where you want it in PowerPoint. All text formatted Heading 1 will become slide Title text in PowerPoint. Heading 2 style will become primary bulleted text. Heading 3 will become secondary bulleted text.

Move the file to a different place

  • If you’re trying to open the file from removable media (a floppy disk, a Zip or Jaz drive, a USB drive, a CD-ROM, a network server, or a shared drive), try copying the presentation to your hard drive, and then try to open it.
  • Try copying the file to a different computer’s hard drive, and then try to open it there.
  • Try copying the file to a different drive on your computer (for instance, if it’s on the C drive, copy it to the G drive), and then open it from there.

Open the file in a different way

There are a few things to try here. I personally haven’t had much luck recovering a truly corrupt file by opening it in a different manner, but it doesn’t hurt to try.

  1. Click Open on the File menu in PowerPoint.
  2. Double-click the PowerPoint file in Windows Explorer.
  3. Drag the corrupt file to the PowerPoint program file (POWERPNT.exe).
  4. Open the file by using one of the PowerPoint Viewers. (Of course, this won’t help much if you need to do more than view the presentation. You should be able to at least print it from the Viewer, though.)

    PowerPoint 2003 Viewer

    PowerPoint 97 Viewer

Use Safe Mode

Try opening PowerPoint in Safe Mode and see if that enables you to open the file.

  1. In Windows, click Start, click Run, and then type C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Powerpnt.exe" /safe in the Open box.
  2. Insert the appropriate path for your version of PowerPoint.

Try opening Windows in Safe Mode.

  1. Click Start, click either Turn Off Computer or Shut Down, and then choose Restart.
  2. When your computer restarts, press and hold down the appropriate “F” function key to restart in Safe Mode. F8 is often the key to use.
  3. Open PowerPoint, and then try to open your presentation.

These techniques are the least likely to work, but they’re worth trying. Usually if a presentation opens when in PowerPoint or Windows Safe Mode, it’s because of a conflict with a driver or an add-in. You may also want to run a ScanDisk and use the Error-checking options on its Tools menu.

Try a third-party recovery tool

Because other products do not include all of PowerPoint’s functionality, or might not support elements of that functionality in their import utilities, you can sometimes use them to open files that PowerPoint identifies as corrupt.

Although you probably won't recover everything in your presentation, if you don’t have any luck using any of the previous methods, you might want to consider a third-party recovery tool.

For a detailed discussion of third-party recovery tools, see the full text of this article on EchosVoice.

Conclusion

Recovering a corrupt PowerPoint file is iffy at best. If you have a backup of your file, dig it out and get back to work. But before you do that, check the information on how to prevent corruption in the first place so that you don’t just end up with another corrupt file.

About the author: Echo Swinford is responsible for continuing medical education distance learning programs and enduring materials for Deborah Wood Associates, a medical education communications corporation in Carmel, Indiana. She maintains her own Web site, EchosVoice, and can usually be found in the newsgroups or engrossed in a cheap dime store thriller in her spare time.