PPT97: Other Notes Pages Change After Editing Notes Page

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SYMPTOMS

When you modify the notes on one Notes Page in a PowerPoint presentation, notes on other Notes Pages are also modified and look exactly the same.

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CAUSE

This problem appears if the presentation was created in PowerPoint version 4.0 or 7.0 and PowerPoint translated it incorrectly, resulting in two or more slides pointing to the same Notes Page.

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RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151261/EN-US/ ) OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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kbbug kbfix kbformat KB186871

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