How do I link a pdf document to a powerpoint presentation

[Guest]

To whom it may concern,
I am trying to link a pdf doc from a local folder to my powerpoint
presentation so that my powerpoint document is not soo big it will take 10
minutes just to open. So I have been trying to make a link but each time the
whole file gets copyed and the size of my pp presentation is huge. is there
a way just to make a link , kind of like a website link or excel...

thank you
best
laurent

 

[Ada]

To whom it may concern,
I am trying to link a pdf doc from a local folder to my powerpoint
presentation so that my powerpoint document is not soo big it will take 10
minutes just to open. So I have been trying to make a link but each time the
whole file gets copyed and the size of my pp presentation is huge. is there
a way just to make a link , kind of like a website link or excel...

thank you
best
laurent

Steiner,

First you should have create a folder to save your final PowerPoint
presentation, and please put the PDF file which you'd like to be linked
in the same folder.

then Simply Click Insert -> Object...
Select "Create from file"
Click "Browse" to import the PDF file from the
folder mentioned above.
And check the box "Link" , thus the pdf is just
linked with the presentation, and you can also check the box "Display
as Icon" , this will add a icon of the pdf with the hyperlink point to
the target file.

Hope it helps!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

To whom it may concern,
I am trying to link a pdf doc from a local folder to my powerpoint
presentation so that my powerpoint document is not soo big it will take 10
minutes just to open. So I have been trying to make a link but each time the
whole file gets copyed and the size of my pp presentation is huge. is there
a way just to make a link , kind of like a website link or excel...

Sure.

Easiest way is to use an action button or draw something ... maybe a rectangle
with text like "Click to view Whatever"

Rightclick the button/rectangle and choose Action Settings

In the Action Settings dialog box, choose Hyperlink to: and pick Other File.
Point to your PDF and you're done.

That'll give you a pure link to the external file, nothing embedded.
The only problem is that the link will be hardcoded to the specific folder you
linked to.

To fix that, have a look here:

Show me the link and let me edit it
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00433.htm

You'll want to edit the link to remove the entire path and leave only the
filename.pdf part. That'll make it pretty much location-independent, so long as
the PPT and PDF stay in the same folder.