powerpoint hyperlinks break when i move the ppt file to another fo

[vtskibum]

I'm using powerpoint 2003. I'm not a very sophisticated user, so please bear
with me… lol

I’ve created a ppt file (I’ll call it the parent file) that contains
hyperlinks to other ppt files (I’ll call them children files)

If I create all the files (parent and children files) in let’s say, the
C:\myfiles folder and setup the hyperlinks there, everything works fine. The
problem appears if I move the parent file to a different folder. If I make a
folder named c:\myfiles\test and put the parent there, the hyperlinks to the
children ppt files break.

Is this the way it’s supposed to work? What I’d like to do is create a ppt
file that hyperlinks to other ppt files that are on a shared drive. I’d like
to be able to send the parent ppt file that contains the hyperlinks to other
people, but once I move the parent ppt file from the folder that I created
the hyperlinks in and send it to someone else, all the links break. How do I
fix this behavior?

Thanks, Glenn

 

[Michael Koerner]

That is the way it is designed to work.

To do what you want to do. the easiest way is to put all the files in the same folder as your presentation before you make you links, then send all the files after you have re-established the links.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I'm using powerpoint 2003. I'm not a very sophisticated user, so please bear
with me… lol

I’ve created a ppt file (I’ll call it the parent file) that contains
hyperlinks to other ppt files (I’ll call them children files)

If I create all the files (parent and children files) in let’s say, the
C:\myfiles folder and setup the hyperlinks there, everything works fine. The
problem appears if I move the parent file to a different folder. If I make a
folder named c:\myfiles\test and put the parent there, the hyperlinks to the
children ppt files break.

Is this the way it’s supposed to work? What I’d like to do is create a ppt
file that hyperlinks to other ppt files that are on a shared drive. I’d like
to be able to send the parent ppt file that contains the hyperlinks to other
people, but once I move the parent ppt file from the folder that I created
the hyperlinks in and send it to someone else, all the links break. How do I
fix this behavior?

Thanks, Glenn

 

[vtskibum]

OK, thanks. that works. I wish it did not work that way though.....

 

[Echo S]

You might check FixLinks. http://www.pptools.com Not sure, but it may
help...