Creation of PDF (Adobe 7.03) from a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3/2003
presentation with hyperlinks produces wrong hyperlinking in PDF if more than
one slide is deleted from the PowerPoint after hyperlinks were created.

After the slides were removed, I retested the PPT and the links functioned
properly. I then created the PDF and the hyperlinks in the PDF were off by
the number of slides I removed.

Has anyone seen this? I have contacted Adobe and they have no answer.

In article <8E2FE15B-0683-4A40-BFFD-(E-Mail Removed)>, Pete wrote:
> Creation of PDF (Adobe 7.03) from a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3/2003
> presentation with hyperlinks produces wrong hyperlinking in PDF if more than
> one slide is deleted from the PowerPoint after hyperlinks were created.
>
> After the slides were removed, I retested the PPT and the links functioned
> properly. I then created the PDF and the hyperlinks in the PDF were off by
> the number of slides I removed.
>
> Has anyone seen this? I have contacted Adobe and they have no answer.

Weird.

I don't have 7 installed as yet but I'd like to get a peek at a PPT that
exhibits this problem.

Can you create a very simple example, perhaps a 4-slide PPT with a link from
slide 1 to slide 3. Test that, make sure it converts to PDF as expected, save
it, then delete slide 2, save it to a new PPT file and make PDF again.

If it still goofs up, email me both PPTs ( email to steve at-sign pptools dot
com )

It's possible that there's a way to repair the PPT but I'd have to see it to
know for sure.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Update: Pete's sent me some test files (thanks, Pete!) and it looks like we may
have a solution. I've sent Pete some test files (thanks, Steve!) so Pete can run
them through Acrobat 7 and (thanks, Pete!) let me know. And we'll let you know.


In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> In article <8E2FE15B-0683-4A40-BFFD-(E-Mail Removed)>, Pete wrote:
> > Creation of PDF (Adobe 7.03) from a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3/2003
> > presentation with hyperlinks produces wrong hyperlinking in PDF if more than
> > one slide is deleted from the PowerPoint after hyperlinks were created.
> >
> > After the slides were removed, I retested the PPT and the links functioned
> > properly. I then created the PDF and the hyperlinks in the PDF were off by
> > the number of slides I removed.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this? I have contacted Adobe and they have no answer.
>
> Weird.
>
> I don't have 7 installed as yet but I'd like to get a peek at a PPT that
> exhibits this problem.
>
> Can you create a very simple example, perhaps a 4-slide PPT with a link from
> slide 1 to slide 3. Test that, make sure it converts to PDF as expected, save
> it, then delete slide 2, save it to a new PPT file and make PDF again.
>
> If it still goofs up, email me both PPTs ( email to steve at-sign pptools dot
> com )
>
> It's possible that there's a way to repair the PPT but I'd have to see it to
> know for sure.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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