Powerpoint issue

[hpkeeper]

I'm having a tough time viewing images that I get from Mac presentations, when I download the presentation I get an error on the image that says

"Quicktime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture."

Anyone know what this means and how I can solve this problem?

Any help is better than the white box that is currently taking the place of the image I'm trying to view.

-ThE KeEp-

 

[chcarnage]

There's no easy way to solve this one but at least it is a known problem (for years).

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

Discussion about the error (I recommend to read through all the comments)

Apparently both Microsoft and Apple both think that nobody ever wants to create an illustrated PowerPoint file on a Mac that works in Windows. :thumbsdown:

 

[hpkeeper]

Yeah, those articles really don't help unless you have the original picture... doesn't really help if you download a powerpoint presentation given at a lecture, or during a class... thanks anyways...

 

[chcarnage]

Well there is a suggestion in the second link that works without a Mac.

A Solution on the Windows-Side without need of a Mac:
1) Save PPT as Webpage
2) Search for pcz-Files
3) unpack pcz-Files (for instance with Total Commander)
4) extract PICT-Files from pcz
5) convert PICT-Files into JPG or something else (For instance with IrfanView)
6) reinsert into PPT

Not very convenient, but it works!

I'd add it doesn't work for dozens of images but if you're just searching for one essential file, give it a shot.