Action Button Hyperlink Not Working

[ge119]

I'm working in PowerPoint 2007. I want to set up a branching scenario. One
action button will take the user to the next slide, which explains how to
access a tool. That hyperlink is working properly. The second button takes
the user who knows how to access the tool straight to the directions, three
slides ahead. When clicked in presentation mode, it goes to the next slide
instead of skipping to the correct slide. When setting the hyperlink on this
button, I selected Slide... and the slide number from the list. Can anyone
tell me how to fix this? Thanks!

 

[tohlz]

Check the slides where the links are not linked correctly. See if you have
any commas on the title. If so, replace the commas with some other characters
and see if it works this time round.

Also, have a look at:
"Convert commas in slide titles to a "safe" character to avoid hyperlink
problems"
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00971.htm
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[ge119]

Thanks for the suggestion, but no commas in the titles of either slide. In
fact, the one it's not linking to doesn't even have a title. It has a regular
text box with one sentence and a period. Any other ideas? All are welcome.

 

[John Wilson]

When you hover over the button does the pointer change to a hand? If not
maybe there is something transparent in front of the button.
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[David Marcovitz]

A common error that I see my students make is to set the hyperlink to
text in a button, rather than to the button itself. That way, you have
to click on the text to get the hyperlink to work. A click anywhere else
on the button will just go to the next slide. Is the text on the button
underlined? If so, it might be hyperlinked while the button isn't.

By the way, I'm still voting for some variation of the comma problem.
Try relinking the button. Do you see a preview of the slide when you are
linking to or is the preview blank. If the preview is blank, you almost
certainly have some variation of the comma problem. If the preview is
not blank, you almost certainly do not have the comma problem.

--David

 

[ge119]

Thanks, David. I did go back and double-check that the hyperlink was to the
button. I set the link when I created the button, before the text was added,
and the slide I linked to did display in the preview. I redid it, multiple
times, and still no luck. Any other suggestions? I'm about to the point of
removing the branching.

 

[David Marcovitz]

OK. I'm fairly sure you didn't do this, but I'm running out of ideas.
When you added the text, did you add the text to the button or did you
put a text box on top of the button? If you did the former, it should
work. If you did the latter, then your text box is covering your button
and would explain why it didn't work.

If that's not it, can you send me your presentation (marco
insertAtSignHere loyola.edu). I would like to have a look.

--David

 

[ge119]

David,

I put a text box on top of the button, but it's smaller than the button, so
when you move the mouse over the button, it (sometimes) becomes the "click
hand." Now it works occasionally, but not consistently...grr. I'm publishing
the PPTX lesson with Articulate Presenter, and neither button works after
publishing, so the point may be moot.