Power point presentation with hyperlinks to pdf files

[steve]

I am adding hyperlinks to my PP presentation, they all work all the time
except for links to pdf files. The first time I set up the links, they work.
The next time I try it a window says the file cannot be opened. Everything is
in the same folder, and I save my work. I followed the directions on the
'awesome web side to add hyperlinks.
please help Thanks

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I am adding hyperlinks to my PP presentation, they all work all the time
except for links to pdf files. The first time I set up the links, they work.
The next time I try it a window says the file cannot be opened. Everything is
in the same folder, and I save my work. I followed the directions on the
'awesome web side to add hyperlinks.

Some more info would be useful:

What *exactly* does the error message say?

What version of PowerPoint do you use?

What version of Acrobat or Reader?

How exactly do you create the link? Post the url of the instructions you've
followed, if you like.

 

[steve]

I am using PP 2003, Adobe reader 8.1.2, and the pop up Microsoft office PP
window says, 'cannot open specified file'.

I followed directions on website 'awesomebackgrounds.com

All of my PP slides are in the same folder as the pdf files. I just tried
the presentation again, the hyperlinks to pdf files work on the first two
slides, the pdf opens, then beginning with the third slide, the message
appears, cannot open file. Hyperlinks work with word files, and other slides.

Any help would be great. Steve

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I am using PP 2003, Adobe reader 8.1.2, and the pop up Microsoft office PP
window says, 'cannot open specified file'.

OK, thanks.

I followed directions on website 'awesomebackgrounds.com

URL? There are a lot of instructions there for various things.

All of my PP slides are in the same folder as the pdf files. I just tried
the presentation again, the hyperlinks to pdf files work on the first two
slides, the pdf opens, then beginning with the third slide, the message
appears, cannot open file. Hyperlinks work with word files, and other slides.

Any help would be great. Steve

You might want to download our free FixLinks demo
(http://www.pptools.com/fixlinks/) and use it to run a link report on this
presentation ... post that here and we'll have a peek.

 

[steve]

I appreciate your time and effort, but I did find a web site that told me how
to do it. PPTools, pptfaq.com. It told me to insert object, create from
file, browse, choose pdf, then right click on icon, action settings, click
open, and it worked.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I appreciate your time and effort, but I did find a web site that told me how
to do it. PPTools, pptfaq.com. It told me to insert object, create from
file, browse, choose pdf, then right click on icon, action settings, click
open, and it worked.

The time and effort pays off then.

I wrote the article there too. <g>

Glad you've got it working.

 

[Bod]

Good but there's a difference between creating ahyperlink and inserting
object: pdf as link.
I find that a hyperlink on a word doesn't work - reader tries to open buut
fails, or if you have a pdf open, then the link switches you to Adobe Reader,
but just the file you had open, regardless of what the link was supposed to
open.

The problem with the insert object: pdf as link is that out server copies
everything that's supposed to go on the intranet to an intranet server every
half hour, so I can't BROWSE TO the object o insert it and when I try to type
the link in, it says it doesn't exist.

Option 3: insert a jpg (looks the same as the inserted pdf-as-link but with
more options) and put a hyperlink on that - for some reason it works, when
the hyperlink on a text word doesn't. WOO!