hyperlinks no longer open in powerpoint

[Guest]

I get the message "cannot download the information you requested" when I try
to open hyperlinks in powerpoints, that includes new and old powerpoints. ???
I believe I am doing it correctlly and I know that I did it in the past
correct since the older powerpoints worked fine.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I get the message "cannot download the information you requested" when I try
to open hyperlinks in powerpoints, that includes new and old powerpoints. ???
I believe I am doing it correctlly and I know that I did it in the past
correct since the older powerpoints worked fine.

Need more info:

What version of PPT?

What do the hyperlinks point to? Perhaps the files aren't there any longer.

And how ARE you doing it? You don't say, so we've no way of knowing whether
you're doing it right or not. <g>

 

[Guest]

I have Office 2003. I was hyperlinking to web sites on the new presentation
as well as the older ones I tested. I tried two ways, first I directly
linked-when to the web site, copied the address and pasted it on my slike,
second I right clicked on and opened the insert hyperlink box, clicked
existing file or web page, typed a text, put the web page on the bottom.
niether worked. I done these before, what bothers me is the older ones do not
work. I opened the program on a different computer and things worked fine.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Give it another try. After you get the error message, choose Start, Run and type
the full http://whatever.whosit.com/etc.htm url into the box and click OK.

Does your browser start up and display the page?

 

[Guest]

I did that and the site opened when I clicked OK, it did not open in the
PowerPoint. I went to our desktop where we also have PowerPoint 2003 and it
worked fine, I also tried on my work computer (I'm a teacher) and it worked
fine????

 

[Guest]

I explored further thinking it must lay beyond the PowerPoint. I found in the
virus/internet security that PowerPoint was blocked. Everything else was open
and I know I used PowerPoint before, however, some how it got blocked, I
opened (allowed) communication with the internet and all appears to be fine.

Thanks for the work, I would not have thought to go there without knowing
what to check first.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hey, nice detective work. I was wondering if it wasn't a security feature of some sort.
Ya beat me too it. <g>