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Frijoles
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2 years ago
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Keynote powerpoint presentation not present on Dropbox.

Keynote powerpoint prevention was shared with a friend through DropBox.  Now when I try to "open recent" in my Keynote app, I get a message:   The document “Vietnam Revisited” could not be opened. T...
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    Frijoles
    2 years ago

    Well . . . fortunately the friend I shared my powerpoint presentation with still had it on his computer so he shared it back to me.  Whew!  There was a lot of work that went into making the first powerpoint and was not looking forward to redoing it!

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Mark
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2 years ago

Is Keynote installed? 

Have you tried File -> Open of it? 

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Frijoles
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago
Mark: Yes . . Keynote is a native app on Macs for PowerPoint presentations. I’ve used it numerous times and the old presentations are still available on DropBox. This one gives me a message about mounting the volume when I try to open recent. I can’t figure out what’s happening.
  • Frijoles's avatar
    Frijoles
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Well . . . fortunately the friend I shared my powerpoint presentation with still had it on his computer so he shared it back to me.  Whew!  There was a lot of work that went into making the first powerpoint and was not looking forward to redoing it!

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