Red X on slide thumbnails in Master View

Anonymous
2013-06-19T15:47:32+00:00

In PowerPoint 2013, in the presentation I'm creating, the thumbnails view doesn't show the thumbnails, but instead displays a large red X on every slide. The slides look fine in the slide view itself.

Diagnosis and recommendations welcome.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-07-25T15:07:12+00:00

    I just encountered this problem. After editing and resizing some pictures, I found that the thumbnails displayed a red x. All I did was resize the image and made it a bit smaller, and the thumbnail went back to normal. It might be PPT's way of telling you that you've done something it doesn't like.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-08T10:18:05+00:00

    We have the same problem and as you can see in the link above, that bug is specific to PowerPoint 2013 and should be fixed by Microsoft.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-09T17:09:00+00:00

    I opened the presentation showing red X's in PowerPoint 2013 in PowerPoint 2010 and everything works fine.

    I then duplicated the slides in it until it had more than 10000 slides. Et voila - with PowerPoint 2010 even that extreme presentation works like a charm!

    It looks as if Microsoft "destabilized" PowerPoint 2013 compared to the 2010 version.

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  4. Steve Rindsberg 99,176 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-09-09T15:14:01+00:00

    It should, yes.  And MS is aware of and working on the problem.

    That's really all I know; as a volunteer here, I'm not privy to the Inner Workings of the Beast.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-06-20T07:13:24+00:00

    Hi,

    I understand you see red x in the presentation slides. Let me assist you with the issue.

    Does this issue occur with a specific presentation or is it the same with all the files?

    What is the format of the pictures inserted?

    Let us insert an image of a different format and verify results.

    Refer to the following article on graphics are displayed as a red X in a PowerPoint presentation:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291874

    Note: Above link is applicable for PowerPoint 2013 as well.

    You may also refer to the link below which discuses about the similar issue:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/1aaa103f-6626-4f95-979a-c11f7ae33bc0/powerpoint-2013-gdi-memory-leak-images-with-red-x

    I hope this fixes the issue. If not reply and we will be happy to assist you further.

    Thank You

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