From: Steve Rindsberg on 16 Feb 2010 13:48 In article <u40A4kqrKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Verizon news groups wrote: > David, > > Thank you for your response; you just saved me a whole lot of work. Who ever > heard of an 8 character limit on file names? Until Windows 95 came along, that's what we had to work with on PCs/DOS. And I believe one of the CD burning standards requires 8.3 filenames in order to be able to guarantee compatibility with the widest possible range of systems. ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/ |