Hi,
Thanks so much for taking a look at the report. Looking=20
at the whole thing, I find quite a few black squares; I'm=20
sure it will be helpful to know that means to redo the=20
link. The space marks in the other link appear to be part=20
of the original URL (again, it's an intranet so...)
I have a feeling that I'm somehow corrupting the links by=20
the way I am inserting them, but I've followed the Help=20
instructions in ppt. Do you know of any tutorial=20
available that walks through hyperlinking in ppt?
Thanks for all your help.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks for your notes. I've copied a portion of the=20
report below, but I notice that the report doesn't give=20
the status of any of the links. Hummmm.
It only checks link status for links to external files,=20
so that's not a big=20
issue. I'll chop out the ones that look normal to me and=20
comment on the=20
questionable ones:
HYPERLINKS
Slide ShapeName Status Link
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
1 Rectangle 13 266,3,Change=20
Management
Link text: HP Global Method for IT Strategy=0B =20
and Architecture
See the square there after "Strategy"?
That's almost a sure sign of a corrupted link and might=20
be the root of your=20
problem. When PPT stumbles across one of those, it tends=20
to ignore the rest of=20
the links on the page. =20
Try deleting that whole string of text, including any=20
paragraph ends at=20
beginning and front, then re-enter the text and re-apply=20
the link. =20
Specifically don't copy/paste the text back in. That'll=20
just paste the problem=20
back in too. ;-)
1 Rectangle 14 =20
http://tslearner.den.hp.com/main_app.asp?
=20
PageName=3DSearchResults&PageArgs=3DPageNumber~~1^ ^ASchkType1~~
=20
ON^^ASchkType2~~ON^^ASchkType3~~ON^^ASchkIncludeVi rtual~~ON
^^ASSearchBox~~PS3131vA =20
Link text: Business Case Development
When you first saw this in notepad, did the URL have=20
linebreaks (or did it have=20
any empty squares in it)? In other words, did Notepad=20
add the linebreaks? =20
What if you turn off wordwrap in Notepad? Does the=20
entire link stay as one=20
long line? It'd need to in order to work. =20
It may also be that PPT doesn't recognize all the unusual=20
characters
I tried it here and it worked up to a point (I got a=20
message from MSIE saying=20
it couldn't locate the proxy server) but I think that may=20
just be because it's=20
on a private intranet, no?
The next several are probably bunged as well and should=20
probably be recreated. =20
Several have no link target (ie, the "xxx,y,Slide Text"=20
bit at the end if the=20
first line):
1 Rectangle 15 =20
Link text: Client Relationships
=20
It should look like this:
v - the link target
1 Rectangle 15 263,1,Slide 1
Link text: Change Management
=20
1 Rectangle 15 =20
Link text: Communications
=20
1 Rectangle 15 =20
Link text: Project Management/Consulting
=20
1 Rectangle 15 =20
Link text: Program Financial Management
=20
On this and several of the others, I'm a bit suspicious=20
of the linebreaks, but=20
let's leave those aside for now
2 Rectangle 17 269,5,Project=20
Management
Link text: Solution Architect Profession-
Client Engagement
=20
Virginia
-----Original Message-----
In article ,=20
Vahallman wrote:
Sorry; I don't know how to send you the report=20
The report comes up in Notepad. Press Ctrl+A to=20
select=20
it all, press Ctrl+C to=20
copy it, then switch to a reply to the newsgroup and=20
press Ctrl+V to paste in=20
the report. If there's anything in there you don't=20
want=20
the world to see, I'd=20
edit it out in Notepad first.
but it says=20
I only have 4062 bytes so I guess size isn't the=20
problem. =20
Nowhere close. It seems you're safe on that score.
Any other ideas? Do I need to hyperlink in any=20
certain=20
order, or finish the presentation first and then do=20
all=20
the links?
No, there shouldn't be any need for that, but=20
sometimes=20
links can get corrupted=20
when they're edited; I may be able to tell from the=20
report, so go ahead and=20
pop that in if you would.
Also, when you look at the report, does it appear to=20
include all the links that=20
you know are in the presentation? =20
=20
Virginia
-----Original Message-----
In article 105f701c43f5b$15e17f10
,=20
=20
wrote:
I attempted to develop a ppt. presentation in the=20
PC-
2000=20
version that hyperlinked to other slides in it=20
and=20
also=20
to=20
intranet pages. At 16 slides, 15 internal links=20
and=20
44=20
hperlinks to intranet pages, links either don't=20
work=20
or=20
go=20
to an incorrect link. I then read at the MS site=20
that=20
hyperlink storage cannot exceed 32 KB, if that. =20
So=20
I=20
started over, with 1 slide per presentation,=20
keeping=20
them=20
in the same folder. This could mean several=20
hundred=20
separate presentations. I assume relinking them=20
to=20
a=20
folder that can be accessed via the intranet will=20
mean=20
manual relinking, yes? Any advice for another=20
way=20
to=20
accomplish my goal of many links that's less=20
clunky?
Normally with the number of links you've described,=20
you=20
wouldn't be anywhere=20
near 32k, much less exceeding it. Unless you mean=20
15=20
internal and 44 external=20
links *per slide*.=20
For starters, download the free PPTools FixLinks=20
Demo=20
at=20
http://get.pptools.com
The demo version includes a report tool that'll=20
give=20
you=20
a pretty thorough=20
listing of all the links in your presentation AND a=20
rough=20
count of how much=20
storage the links take up.
Post the report back here if you like, and we can=20
have=20
a=20
look.
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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