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David Pruitt
In our office we do reporting using linked excel objects in powerpoint. Under
powerpoint 2003, this process rarely failed us. We recently converted to
Office 2007, including powerpoint 2007, and the process is no longer
reliable. We have debugged our process, installed SP1, and searched the
knowledge base (http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=927284). We
can succesfully create and update links within a continuous Windows session,
however, it appears that when the user or session changes, attempts to update
linked objects will invariably result in the message "the linked file is
unavailable and can't be updated".
Our excel files and powerpoint files are located on a network drive. The
directory structure can get deep. However, our process always worked under
Office 2003, so we don't think it is a path length problem. Is any one aware
of a solution? A work around? A reason for the error?
Any help would be appreciated.
powerpoint 2003, this process rarely failed us. We recently converted to
Office 2007, including powerpoint 2007, and the process is no longer
reliable. We have debugged our process, installed SP1, and searched the
knowledge base (http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=927284). We
can succesfully create and update links within a continuous Windows session,
however, it appears that when the user or session changes, attempts to update
linked objects will invariably result in the message "the linked file is
unavailable and can't be updated".
Our excel files and powerpoint files are located on a network drive. The
directory structure can get deep. However, our process always worked under
Office 2003, so we don't think it is a path length problem. Is any one aware
of a solution? A work around? A reason for the error?
Any help would be appreciated.