Adobe links in Powerpoint won't work

[lunker55]

I put a hyperlink in Powerpoint but it won't work. All I get is a blank
screen.
Using Adobe 7 and Powerpoint 2003
Anyone else have the same problem?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

It's a known problem (at least in this newsgroup) with PPT 2003 and Adobe
Acrobat Reader 7. I think Microsoft blames Adobe and Adobe blames
Microsoft, and we're caught in the middle. Check out "Use ShellExecute to
sidestep certain linking problems" from the PPT FAQ:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00689.htm

It has a solution, but it doesn't look pretty (I've never tried it
because I'm still sitting on Adobe Acrobat 5).

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[lunker55]

Thank you David,
Maybe i'll try to get an older version of Adobe.
Joe

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

It's a known problem (at least in this newsgroup) with PPT 2003 and Adobe
Acrobat Reader 7. I think Microsoft blames Adobe and Adobe blames
Microsoft, and we're caught in the middle.

Wasn't there something about Cabots and Lodges and a deity of some sort in
there as well?