Troubleshooting 2007 errors
Logic: a new feature when your program throws an error
This is a brilliant new feature in
PowerPoint 2007. (Actually, it is supported in previous
version but is native in 2007).
![happy](../images/troubleshoot_2007_errors/troubl5.jpg)
When you are working in 2007, you get some
sort of error occur.
![error dialog box](../images/troubleshoot_2007_errors/troubl6.jpg)
You can click the Show Help button for
more information. Brilliant.
![error dialog box help](../images/troubleshoot_2007_errors/troubl7.jpg)
But there's more! With the Dialog Box
open, hit the keyboard shortcut of <Control + Shift + I>.
Suddenly a number pops up in the corner
called an AlertID.
![error AlertID](../images/troubleshoot_2007_errors/troubl8.jpg)
Go to this page and type the number in:
http://support.microsoft.com/
![Online Help Result](../images/troubleshoot_2007_errors/troubl9.jpg)
You (may) get an article specific to that error.
Open the link and you find out you were trying to open a
file type PowerPoint 2007 cannot handle. Now, the articles
are not always spot on, but sometimes they give you specify
a work-around! That is COOL!
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