finding the original path

[nlee]

I have a ppt file, in which I've put some linked graphics. Some of
these have lost their path when I copied the folder everything was in.
All the images are still in the file, but now I can't see them. Is it
possible to find the path (I assume it was absolute) and either change
it or rename folders so I can get the links working?

 

[Mickey Stevens]

VBA should allow you to do this. See this page for more details:
<http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00433.htm>

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a ppt file, in which I've put some linked graphics. Some of
these have lost their path when I copied the folder everything was in.
All the images are still in the file, but now I can't see them. Is it
possible to find the path (I assume it was absolute) and either change
it or rename folders so I can get the links working?

Links to graphics almost always include the full path to the graphic file, so
when you move the graphics, the link breaks.

If you can see the link path, you can recreate the folder structure to recreate
the path and put the images there.

OR

If you can edit the links, you can remove all but the image file name (ie, edit
out the path completely). Then as long as the PPT file and the linked images
are in the same folder, it'll generally work. Unless later versions of Mac OS
and Mac PPT have changed things dramatically.

This has some code that's a bit Windows-specific but should, I think, work on
Mac for simple graphics links:

Show me the link and let me edit it
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00433.htm

Have a look, give it a try, let me know how you get on with it.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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[nlee]

Thanks to you both, code works beautifully on mac. Interestingly, if I
change the path to the new one, it doesn't always find the image. But
if I alter the file structure to match what it's expecting, we're in
business!

Cheers, hours of slog avoided.
N

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks to you both, code works beautifully on mac. Interestingly, if I
change the path to the new one, it doesn't always find the image. But
if I alter the file structure to match what it's expecting, we're in
business!

Excellent... I may have failed to mention one thing:

PowerPoint will happily let you change the image path to anything you like but
unless it actually finds the image there, it'll ignore you. You won't hear any
growling from it, but the next time you look at the link path, it will be
unchanged from what it was originally.

IOW, you have to put a copy of the image file in the intended folder first,
then edit the link.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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