Create hyperlink that opens a new window?

[Kat773]

I'm using Ppt 2000 on an XP PC.

I'm making a web-based training presentation & I'd like to use hyperlinks to
go back & forth between a ppt presentation & html pagex that play SWF files.
I added the hyperlink to my ppt & it works fine if I'm viewing it from ppt
software (click on hyperlink -> new window (IE) opens -> SWF plays -> user
closes browser & is returned to the ppt slide where he/she left off).

If I FTP the ppt to our test website, the ppt is viewed in a browser, the
hyperlink doesn't open a new browser window. The user has to click the
"back" button to return to the slide show. I could add a hyperlink to the
SWF file that links back to the specific slide, but I have about 300 of these
& I'd rather avoid the hassle if possible. If I could get the ppt to open
the hyperlink in a new window when it's viewed online, the user could just
close the new window & return to the correct slide & I'd be all set. Here
are other options I've considered, but would like to avoid due to time
constraints & the large scale of this project:

- converting ppt to html pages & coding the hyperlink in the html (instead I
keep it in ppt format & just view it online)
- embedding SWF file in ppt
- converting ppt slides to swf & making the whole training lesson 1 long movie
- coding some type of "open new window" command into the hyperlink target
web page

I just keep thinking "there's got to be some checkbox somewhere that allows
me to specify that the hyperlink should open in a new window" but maybe I'm
wrong. Thanks in advance for reading this long mess & for any help you can
provide!

 

[Kat773]

Thanks for your reply Steve. I downloaded the ppt2html demo and played with
it a bit. I'll delve into it more, but offhand it looks like the addin just
converts ppt to html and allows me to change the html coding to open the
hyperlink in a new window. Am I missing something?

 

[Kat773]

Thanks for the link. I looked through the tutorial but not the FAQs. I
appreciate your help!

Nope, I didn't email you. Must've been someone else.

Thanks again,

Kat773