“I frequently receive ‘PowerPoint was unable to open or save this document’ error wherever I try editing PowerPoint files saved on shared network storage. This error will not allow me to edit or sometimes open presentation files on PowerPoint. How to get rid of this PowerPoint error; is there any possible way. Please help me out…”
Using PowerPoint, most impressive presentation files can be created by adding images, video clips, audios, Tables and other OLE objects. PowerPoint saves presentation files with .pptx and .ppt file formats. These presentations can become inactive and may display unfamiliar error messages like
“PowerPoint was unable to open or Save this document. Please ensure that you have access privileges to read or write the document and that it is not encrypted…” while trying to save edited presentation file or open any PowerPoint file. Such type of error message encounters due to following reasons:
- While saving PowerPoint file that has been inserted with tables from Excel sheet
- Trying to open presentation file that is saved in shared network
- If PowerPoint file is marked as read-only
- When PowerPoint file is infected by malicious malware
If PowerPoint throws unable to open or save document error, then it may eventually lead to complete corruption of presentation file and thus loss of information from that file. But, you can work around this problem by following any of these methods:
- Deactivate Excel add-ins
- Add network share storage to your trusted location list by clicking on Office Button -> PowerPoint options -> Trust Center Settings -> Trusted locations OR download PowerPoint file on to desktop hard drive
- Check whether file is marked for Read-only by right-clicking on file and selecting properties. If it is marked, uncheck the option and click OK
After applying all these changes if still PowerPoint shows an error while saving then make use of prominent repair tool to resolve this presentation file error.
PowerPoint file repair utility:
Trusted by many Windows users, employing Yodot PPT Repair is the brilliant idea to resolve PowerPoint was unable to open or save this document error. It can successfully repair PowerPoint file showing MSI error, template error, unable to display some text in document- file cannot be read error, part of file is missing error, path or filename is invalid error and other unknown errors. It can successfully mend PowerPoint files with .ppt .pptx and .pps format. This tool is capable of fixing PowerPoint presentation files that are corrupted, damaged, virus infected or unreadable on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 8.1, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 OS based computers. In addition to fixing PPT, PPTX and PPS files from PowerPoint, this tool can repair PowerPoint Template on MS PowerPoint 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 and 2000 versions.
Steps to fix error displaying PowerPoint presentation:
- Download Yodot PPT Repair on your Windows system where PPT is sowing error
- Run the application after complete installation
- Then, click on ‘Browse’ button to search for erratic PowerPoint presentation file on system hard disk
- After choosing particular file, hit ‘Repair’ to commence scanning process, whose progress will be shown in Status Bar
- Scanning process will terminate by displaying fixed PowerPoint file
- Preview the document if necessary and proceed to save this file to desired location on required location
Important notice:
- Always store frequently-accessing PowerPoint files on system hard drive rather than network storage
- Make use of powerful antivirus tool to get rid of malicious viruses that can damage PowerPoint files
