How to relink files in powerpoint 2003?

[Guest]

I use a presentation with multiple linked videos and often must move the
presentation from one computer to another. In Office 2k, if a video was not
linked, I was given the option to Browse for the video. In Office 2003 I am
just given the message " Windows Media Player cannot find the specified file.
Be sure the path is typed correctly. If it is, the file does not exist at
the specified location, or the computer where the file is stored is offline."
This is not terribly helpful in actually relinking the file.

How do I relink the file in 2003?

-zoofart

 

[Guest]

p.s. The presentation is complicated with many layers and deleting the link
and re-inserting it is a pain in the associations that I didn't have with PPT
2k.

 

[Guest]

If you put the video in the same folder as the PowerPoint before you link to
it, you should be able to move the PowerPoint and the video together without
ever having to relink.

Otherwise, you might try Fixlinks:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/fixlinks/index.html

--David

David Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/