Trying to open downloaded powerpoint leads to text file

If you are trying to open a PowerPoint presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint and get a warning message saying that PowerPoint Can’t Read the Outline: No text converted is installed for this file type, then here we will try to help you to recover the file. It is unclear why you get this error message but there are many different discussions around the Internet with different solutions.  · Start PowerPoint application and click on File Options Trust Center Trust Center Settings. A Trust Center window will open. Select Protected View from the left panel and then uncheck all the options in detailed panel. Now, choose Trusted Locations from the . First, try right-clicking on the file and selecting "Open With " and select PowerPoint Presentation or BIFF File from the dropdown list. If that didn't work, go into the file associations settings of Windows, and set PowerPoint Presentation or BIFF File to open PPT files by default. Please note that PPT file extensions may not be limited to PowerPoint Presentation or BIFF File only.

Now Open New PowerPoint Presentation; Go to File Tab and open the TMP file from the location where you have found it. Now you will be able to view the slides of the corrupt PowerPoint File. Try PowerPoint Viewer. Sometimes the whole MS PowerPoint application gets corrupted. So it is advised to use an external viewer in order to open the file. Method 1Method 1 of 3:Using PowerPoint. Find the PPT file you want to open on your computer. Open the folder that contains your presentation, and locate your PPT file. Right-click on the PPT file. This will open your file options on a drop-down menu. Hover over Open with on the menu. Follow the steps below to repair the corrupt PowerPoint: Click on the Start menu and type powerpoint /safe in the search box and press Enter. The PowerPoint will launch with new blank presentation. Ensure that 'Safe Mode' appears with the name of the file. Click on File menu and then select Open.

In the Open dialog, by default you only see PowerPoint files. Since you want to open a text file, you need to set the file type to All Files. Now you can select the text file and click Open. This. PowerPoint has encountered errors and can't open this file. Try opening another copy of the file. For example, if the file was sent to you in an e-mail message, have the person who sent the message send it again, and then try to open the file again. If you opened the file from a disk, try to open another copy of the file on a new disk. Make sure you saved the file properly in a system location. Now, go to the location and select the file. Right-click and choose Properties. The Properties window will open where you have to select the General tab. Click on the Unblock button to unlock this particular PowerPoint PPTX file. Click OK and try opening the file.