Max. Number of Hyperlinks?

[Ridgeway]

I am using PowerPoint 2000 with a very large presentation with many
Hyperlinks, mostly to other slides but many also to Internet links.

Recently, some of them are not working. I correct them on the live
presentation and get them to work then, when saved and re-loaded the same
ones do not work again.

I wonder, is there a maxiumum of hyperlinks allowed which I have perhaps
exceeded?
If so, can I increase this and if so, how?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I wonder, is there a maxiumum of hyperlinks allowed which I have perhaps

exceeded?

Yes ... PPT allows for 32kb of space, used to store hyperlinks and other
(unspecified by MS) stuff. Once that fills up, links get unreliable.

Lost hyperlinks, hyperlinks link to wrong place, hyperlinks stop working
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00401.htm

Troubleshooting Link Problems: links break, sounds/movies that don't play, etc.
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00668.htm

If so, can I increase this and if so, how?

See the links above.


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[Ridgeway]

Thanks, Steve,

I will have a look at those lineks and am raessured that all is not lost!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks, Steve,

I will have a look at those lineks and am raessured that all is not lost!

The main trick will probably be keeping the "target" of the links as short as
possible. Every link to another slide includes the title of the slide you're
linking to; every character counts against that 32k or less limit.

If you're really up against it, you can duplicate the title text placeholder on
each slide, leave the dupe in place but drag the actual placeholder off the slide
and edit it to something very short, even just the slide number.

If you see your new shortened titles in the outliner, you know you've got it right.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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