Hyperlink Problem

[Glynn Taylor]

An long-standing Office 2000 Word document contains hyperlinks to .Doc's ,
..XLS' and .PPT's

Recently, whenever a hyperlink to a PPT is selected the message 'an
unexpected error has occured' is encountered.

This also results in some of the shares disappearing.

Any ideas ?

Thank you.

 

[DeanH]

First check: ensure that the PowerPoint file is actually still in the
directory where the link is pointing to, as it could have been deleted.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Glynn Taylor]

Hello Dean

Yes, that was my first action.

First check: ensure that the PowerPoint file is actually still in the
directory where the link is pointing to, as it could have been deleted.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[DeanH]

Can the PowerPoint file be opened directly? This error message usually occurs
when the linked file has an error. Do any other links to a PowerPoint file
work ok? This Word file may be starting to corrupt, especially if it is so
old and many users use it.
Cross-fingers
DeanH

 

[Glynn Taylor]

Hello Dean

The PPT's can be opened via PowerPoint

Whether 'hyperlinked' from the original .DOC or a new .DOC always get the
error

 

[DeanH]

I asked whether any other PowerPoint file can be opened via a hyperlink
within that particular file, or any other Word file (not necessary to the
same PowerPoint file) because I am wondering if Word has "lost" its register
to PowerPoint.
Hopefully someone else on this newsgroup can possible help with
"re-registering" PowerPoint to Word.
All the best.
DeanH

 

[Glynn Taylor]

Hello Dean

Thanks for the tip re. registering PowerPoint to Word.

I'll investigate.

Have a good day.

Glynn