hyperlinks to slides routed to hyperlink base

[GadiN]

The problem:
Hyperlinks to other slides in the same presentation, are set to the
hyperlink base, regardless of what is indicated in the "Edit hyperlink"
window.
That means that i cannot use both "internal" links and external links to
files with a hyperlink base.

I use Powerpoint 2003 without SP3.
thanks

 

[GadiN]

Hi Steve,

To your questions:
When i click on the link during presentation or when i use "open hyperlink"
i get the following message:
"Opening "[hyperlink base]"
Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data...Do you want to
continue?"
if i click yes, then the file is attempted to be opened by the web browser-
I know the workaround for this problem is to delete the hyperlink base, but
what if i need to use a hyperlink base for the external links...?
I inserted the internal links by marking some text & insert=>hyperlink. I
then chose "Link to: Place in This Document", and clicked on the slide i
wanted to link to which appeared in the list of slides.
In the "Edit Hyperlink" window i see exactly the same setting: "Place in
This Document" highlighted, the slide to be linked to also highlighted with
the right slide itself appearing in miniature to the right...

 

[John Wilson]

Steve (& GadiN)

I can reproduce this in 2003 and 2007.
If I use slide show > action settings first, last, next and previous slide
work but a specific slide goes to the hlink base. Bug?
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Thanks ...

Is the file proprietary or can I get a look at a copy of it?

If possible, email the file (or a sampling of the affected slides) to steve
at-sign pptools dot com

Thanks!

Hi Steve,

To your questions:
When i click on the link during presentation or when i use "open hyperlink"
i get the following message:
"Opening "[hyperlink base]"
Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data...Do you want to
continue?"
if i click yes, then the file is attempted to be opened by the web browser-
I know the workaround for this problem is to delete the hyperlink base, but
what if i need to use a hyperlink base for the external links...?
I inserted the internal links by marking some text & insert=>hyperlink. I
then chose "Link to: Place in This Document", and clicked on the slide i
wanted to link to which appeared in the list of slides.
In the "Edit Hyperlink" window i see exactly the same setting: "Place in
This Document" highlighted, the slide to be linked to also highlighted with
the right slide itself appearing in miniature to the right...

The problem:
Hyperlinks to other slides in the same presentation, are set to the
hyperlink base, regardless of what is indicated in the "Edit hyperlink"
window.
That means that i cannot use both "internal" links and external links to
files with a hyperlink base.

I use Powerpoint 2003 without SP3.

I think I understand what you mean but can you describe what you're seeing
when an internal link gets set to hyperlink base? How did you insert the
link in the first place and what appears in the Edit Hyperlink window?

Thanks.


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[GadiN]

Steve hi,
When thinking about it again, I dont realy need the hyperbase link right
now...relative addressing just didnt seem safe enough though, e.g. when
moving different PP files between different directories, wanting the
hyperlinks to keep pointing to a constant directory (containing all picture
files for example).
In any case, i got the following workaround which works:
instead of using "internal links" i use "external link" to the same file and
point to the target slide via the 'bookmark' option.

Best regards
Gadi

 

[GadiN]

No, no copy of the file is opened. the hyperlink does just what i want it to
do...
you can easily check it for yourself