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You really work hard to create a business presentation. The day comes when you have to show it to your boss. Unfortunately, you find that the presentation is corrupt and all your hard work goes in vain. Whenever a PowerPoint presentation gets corrupted, there’s no way to open it until and unless you repair PowerPoint file. In this article, I’ll show you some easy DIY tricks to fix corrupt PowerPoint file without using any 3rd party PowerPoint Repair tool.<\/p>\n

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Corruption in computer files is very common these days. No computer file is immune to corruption including the presentation created by Microsoft PowerPoint tool. Due to corruption, the PowerPoint presentation becomes inaccessible. And if you don’t repair PowerPoint file in time, you’re likely to face a data loss situation sooner or later. Before we go any further, let’s talk about Microsoft PowerPoint and its file types.<\/p>\n

Microsoft PowerPoint – An Introduction <\/strong><\/h3>\n

PowerPoint is a component of the well-known Microsoft Office<\/strong> suite. It’s an immensely popular presentation program commonly used to display information from simple presentations to complex multimedia presentations. With the help of Microsoft PowerPoint tool, you can create slide-based presentations for a variety of purposes. Presentations are widely used these days in almost every sectors, i.e. educational, institutional, and business or commercial sectors. A PowerPoint presentation may contain one or more slides arranged in an order. Users can add various objects to a presentation file, such as text<\/em>, images<\/em>, formatting<\/em>, animations<\/em>, drawn objects<\/em>, and other media like audio & video clips.<\/p>\n

Microsoft PowerPoint saves the presentations in two different file formats: PPT<\/strong> and PPTX<\/strong>. PPT is the default file format of PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions. It stores all your data in a single binary file. On the other hand, PowerPoint 2007 and later versions use PPTX as the default file format. It uses open XML format to store a presentation document as a collection of separate files in a compressed ZIP folder.<\/p>\n

Reasons for Corrupt PowerPoint File <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Generally, a PowerPoint presentation file is large in size. Also, it has a difficult file structure which makes it prone to corruption. You can’t access or open a corrupt PowerPoint file until you repair it. Below are the most common reasons for corruption in PowerPoint presentation:<\/p>\n

Internal Bugs:<\/strong> Almost all software applications have internal bugs which lead to severe problems. Due to internal bugs, the PowerPoint tool may not work properly and generate corrupt or invalid output.<\/p>\n

Virus Infection:<\/strong> Virus is one of the most common reasons for file corruption. It can affect the computer files by performing malicious activities. A PowerPoint presentation ain’t immune to virus infection. A computer virus can easily modify the PowerPoint presentation in order to make it corrupt or inaccessible.<\/p>\n

Unexpected Power Failure:<\/strong> Whenever a computer turns off unexpectedly due to power failure, this may put all the files including the PowerPoint presentations at high risk of corruption. Suppose you’re working on a PowerPoint presentation, and suddenly the system shuts down due to any reason. The next time you’ll open the presentation file, it’s likely to be corrupt.<\/p>\n

Human Errors:<\/strong> The mistakes done by human in both ways, i.e. intentionally and accidentally, can lead to severe problems including file corruption. Deleting system files, editing the PowerPoint files by using Hex Editor, adding invalid content, etc. are few common examples of human errors.<\/p>\n

Microsoft users may find this helpful – Repair Word Document By Using 4 Easy Manual Tricks<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Most Common Errors<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Whenever you try to open a corrupt PowerPoint file, you’re likely to encounter error messages. Below is the list of the most common errors for corruption in PowerPoint presentation:<\/p>\n

Hard Disk Failure:<\/strong> Being an important part of the computer, any sort of issue or error in the hard disk can lead to severe problems. If a hard disk crashes down<\/strong><\/span><\/a> due to logical or physical failure, all the files including the PowerPoint presentations are likely to be corrupt.<\/p>\n