adobe reader 7 won't open in an office 2003 hyperlink (ppt), why?

[plf5403]

I'm running office 2003 SP1 and created a powerpoint presentation. I had
links to Adobe .PDF files in it which worked perfectly in Adobe 5 and adobe
6. Now that I've updated to version 7, the links no longer work. When I
click the link, I can see the program attempt to open, but then closes
immediately and returns me to the PPT presentation. This is probably an
Adobe issue, but I'm throwing it out here in case someone has a workaround.
THNX.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi plf5403,

At this point it does appear to be an Adobe issue.
One possible workaround is suggested by Steve O'Donnell's
posting in several thread's at Adobe such as this
one
http://adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/[email protected]@[email protected]/0

Let us know if this works for you.
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{Steve O' Donnell - 9:26am Mar 9, 05 PST (#1 of 1)


This is a software problem that Adobe will have to fix. There have been numerous complaints posted on this forum about the problem.
There is a work around however. Before you click on the hyperlink to the PDF document, you must have the Adobe program open. After
opening the program, go back to the document and click on the hyperlink. You will see a blank Adobe screen. Press the Alt and left
arrow key to bring the document into view. If you go back and click on another hyperlink to another document, you have to use the
Alt and left arrow key again to bring up the new document as the old one will still be showing. }

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I'm running office 2003 SP1 and created a powerpoint presentation. I had
links to Adobe .PDF files in it which worked perfectly in Adobe 5 and adobe
6. Now that I've updated to version 7, the links no longer work. When I
click the link, I can see the program attempt to open, but then closes
immediately and returns me to the PPT presentation. This is probably an
Adobe issue, but I'm throwing it out here in case someone has a workaround.
THNX.>>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

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