Why won't PowerPoint deep link into my website?

[springmanh]

I have a link in my presentation that should deep link into a secure site.
Meaning that, initially the link should go to a log in page and then direct
the user to the correct page automatically. The link and process works fine
from e-mail; so, why won't it work from a ppt? It takes me to the log in
page, and when I log in it doesn't follow the path to the link I clicked on.

 

[David Marcovitz]

I have a link in my presentation that should deep link into a secure site.
Meaning that, initially the link should go to a log in page and then direct
the user to the correct page automatically. The link and process works fine
from e-mail; so, why won't it work from a ppt? It takes me to the log in
page, and when I log in it doesn't follow the path to the link I clicked on.

I have a hard time believing that this is a problem with PowerPoint
itself, but I could be wrong. Once PowerPoint passes the URL to the
browser, I think it is all in the browser's hands. Have you checked the
URL to make sure you have the right one? Try copying and pasting what
you have in PowerPoint directly into your browser.

OK, I take back part of what I said. PowerPoint could be messing up the
link if it has funky characters in it (commas, for example, might mess
things up). Try this. Go to http://tinyurl.com/ and create a small URL
for your link (you can use any service like tinyurl; that just happens
to be the one I know off the top of my head). Try linking to the tiny
URL that is created.

--David

 

[springmanh]

Thank you, but this doesn't seem to do the trick. My link doesn't have any
funny characters in it, either. Just forward slashes.

I tested the link by copying and pasting from PowerPoint to my browser, and
this doesn't seem to work, either. Does it matter that I'm not using IE as my
default browser?

 

[Hillbilly]

You must use --absolute-- URLs which use the http:// scheme such as
http://example.com/examplepage.aspx and so on.

 

[David Marcovitz]

In that case, the problem has nothing to do with PowerPoint. When you
figure out an address that you can paste into your browser, try using
that in your hyperlink in PowerPoint, and it should work. Not using IE
probably has nothing to do with it, but I have no way of knowing.
--David

 

[jackbellisgm]

I have a link in my presentation that should deep link into a secure site..
Meaning that, initially the link should go to a log in page and then direct
the user to the correct page automatically. The link and process works fine
from e-mail; so, why won't it work from a ppt? It takes me to the log in
page, and when I log in it doesn't follow the path to the link I clicked on.

I am finding an erratic situation where PPT 14.0.6 strips deep links that have a # in them. When I close and reopen the links lose the portion after the .<domain ext>/.

I say erratic because 1) if I create a new ppt it doesn't reproduce; it only happens in my existing, 42-pt ppt. AND I see that the deep links (with #)NEVER display in the dropdown list in the Insert Link dialog. In PPT97, the # link shows in the text (combo) box, but not in the historic list. In PPT1406, it is stripped on reload and doesn't show at all in Edit Hyperlink.