PowerPoint2007 slow when opening large or complex briefings

Problem:

When you use PowerPoint 2007 to open a large or complex newsletter that was built with older versions of PowerPoint, the briefing is much slower to open than expected.

If you want to resolve this issue, save your newsletter as a PowerPoint 2007 newsletter. If you want to perform this action, follow these steps:

1. Opening large or complex briefings in PowerPoint 2007.

2. Click the [Microsoft Office button], and then click [Save New File].

3. In the [File Type] box, click [PowerPoint 2007 Briefing (*.PPTX)].

Note You may want to rename the file in the File name box or save the newsletter to a new location.

4. Click [Save].

5. Close and then reopen the newsletter that you saved in step 3. The briefing should now be opened as expected.