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PowerPoint add-ins help in adding new capabilities that can polish your presentation in many ways. But when the time comes to uninstall theseadd-ins for whatsoever reason, you might be surprised to find their menu customizations, such as buttonsthat represent add-in features still exist! Click those menu extensions and nothing may happen, but these menu options are still there!

Open Pcb File Ppt

First of all, you will need to open your PCB design file in Eagle. This file will have a.brd extension. After that, following the following instructions: 1.Select “File - CAM Processor”.

In another scenario, you may have customized your PowerPoint menus and toolbars to a large extent. Now, you want to restore everything to apristine state, almost like how the interface looked when you first installed PowerPoint.

Pcb File Format

Pcb file format

In either case, it is possible to lose all these customizations. The key to this solution lies in PCB files. So what's a PCB file? Let's learnmore.

A PCB file is a PowerPoint Settings file where PowerPoint stores every customization you make within the program interface. These customizations include the appearance of new add-in menus and toolbars.

Whenever PowerPoint launches, it looks for this PCB file within a typical location:

  • The PCB data files are related to SmartCAM. PCB file is a SmartCAM Custom Control Panel File. SmartCAM is a suite of Computer-Aided Manufacturing and CAD/CAM software applications that uses.
  • Can SolidWorks PCB Read/open Allegro Files (Ex:.brd file) Can SolidWorks PCB Read/open IDF Format. If it reads Allegro or IDF file (Neutral file, emn/emp files), can it export files to SolidWorks 3D CAD; If it can export will Traces, Vias and Silkscreen also export along and it can be seen in SolidWorks 3D.
  • The PADS PCB Viewer can be used for viewing schematics, generating schematics from netlists, translating from/to vendor databases or from/to standard formats like EDIF and XML. There is no charge and no time limit for this evaluation copy. An Evaluation Guide, QuickStarts, tutorials, and Concept Guides are included to help you get started.
  • It is highly recommended to import the 2005.2 version PCB decal files (ASCII format). Importing Which PADS Schematic Library Files. The PADS Logic package exports the Schematic symbols as CAE decals in ASCII format with the file extension.c.

C:Users<UserName>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftPowerPoint

Open Pcb

If no PCB file is found, PowerPoint creates a new one! In other words, PowerPoint restores all defaults. Therefore, this creation of a new PCBfile can be put to advantage. First, we need to rename or delete the errant PCB file. Follow these steps to do so:

  1. Make sure PowerPoint 2016 is closed. Then navigate to the path mentioned below:
  2. C:Users<UserName>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftPowerPoint
  3. Substitute <UserName> with the user name set for your computer.
  4. Within this folder, you will find a PCB file, as shown in Figure 1 below. You may see more than one PCB file here,and this happens if you have multiple versions of Microsoft Office installed on your system. For PowerPoint 2016, the file you need will be namedPPT16.pcb or similar.

  5. Figure 1: PCB file location

    6. PowerPoint Versions and PCB File Names

    The file names of the PCBs indicate which version of PowerPoint they influence:

    PPT16.pcb relates to PowerPoint 2016
    PPT15.pcb relates to PowerPoint 2013
    PPT14.pcb relates to PowerPoint 2010

    Don’t see the PCB file extension? Your file extensions need to be made visible. To learn more, look at ourShow File Extensions tutorials.

  6. Now, you can either delete the PCB file or you can rename it with a .bak or another extension. We highly recommendthat you rename rather than delete the file! For this example we will rename the file with a .bak extension, as shown inFigure 2 below. You can also always delete the PCB file later once a new PCB is created, and everything seems to be working well.

  7. Figure 2: PCB file renamed

    8. Safely Working with PCB Files

    Always keep a backup copy of your PCB file. This backup file may come handy when you want to roll back PowerPoint's customizations to an earlierstage.
    Also, never rename or delete a PCB file while PowerPoint is still open.
  8. Now, launch PowerPoint 2016. It might take a while to load since a new PCB file is being created. At this point of time, get back tothe original folder that contained the PCB file. You'll notice that a new PCB file has been created.