Open Hyperlink in new window

[John DeBolt]

I'v created a PowerPoint presentation and saved as an HTML

I have several links in this file. The links in this file open in the same window when clicked. Is there a way to have these links open in a new window in the foreground? I can go to the specific slide and edit the html file that the link resides (_new), but whenever I edit and then save the presentation, PowerPoint overwrites my change in the html file

I'm using 2000 version and delivering this content over my company intranet

I searched this site, but the answer to this question is no longer available. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, John

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have several links in this file. The links in this file open in the
same window when clicked. Is there a way to have these links open in a new
window in the foreground? I can go to the specific slide and edit the html
file that the link resides (_new), but whenever I edit and then save the
presentation, PowerPoint overwrites my change in the html file.

PowerPoint doesn't provide this capability, unfortunately.

We have a commercial addin, PPT2HTML, that allows you to force hyperlinks to
open in a different window among other niceties.

Visit http://www.rdpslides.com/ppt2html/ for more info (there's a free demo
available)

 

[jrandall]

So the only way to do this is to buy that third party software, PPT tools

----- Steve Rindsberg wrote: ----

I have several links in this file. The links in this file open in th

same window when clicked. Is there a way to have these links open in a ne
window in the foreground? I can go to the specific slide and edit the htm
file that the link resides (_new), but whenever I edit and then save th
presentation, PowerPoint overwrites my change in the html file

PowerPoint doesn't provide this capability, unfortunately

We have a commercial addin, PPT2HTML, that allows you to force hyperlinks t
open in a different window among other niceties

Visit http://www.rdpslides.com/ppt2html/ for more info (there's a free dem
available

 

[Craig]

No you can do this with some simple coding. Unfortunatly I do not have it handy at this time. However if you go to google and search on html sample code you will find many instances of how to do it. DO NOT PAY FOR THIS SERVICE

 

[John DeBolt]

The key to my question is the conversion has to be done within Powerpoint. After you convert your PP presentation to a HTML (Save as HTML), powerpoint creates the appropriate file conversions. I can go into each html slide and edit the specific link to open in a new window, that's not the problem. The problem occurss if I return to the PP presentation edit and then re-save. PP will overwrite my change to open the link in a new window

My work around has been to save off the files with hyperlinks, update the link to open in a new window and then save them back to the original file when I have edited any other slides. This works fairly well

PPTHTML creates the correct open new links, by manipulating the ini file. It appears that you can change the ini file as neededs. For instance, if I want to have one presentation open links in a new window and another presentation I don't. Prior to saving, I would change the ini file for each presentation.

----- John DeBolt wrote: ----

I'v created a PowerPoint presentation and saved as an HTML

I have several links in this file. The links in this file open in the same window when clicked. Is there a way to have these links open in a new window in the foreground? I can go to the specific slide and edit the html file that the link resides (_new), but whenever I edit and then save the presentation, PowerPoint overwrites my change in the html file

I'm using 2000 version and delivering this content over my company intranet

I searched this site, but the answer to this question is no longer available. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, John

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality that you are looking so that
if you navigate away from the PowerPoint slide during the viewing of a HTML
slide show, you can easily navigate back to the presentation. However, if
you want to add this capability to your HTML presentation, you can manually
modifying the HTML output from PowerPoint, after the fact.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint provide some additional options for controlling the target
window for hyperlinks (or other hyperlink, HTML presentation options or
features), don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please)
to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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