Hyperlinking to Existing Files

[Guest]

Can I hyperlink from a PowerPoint slideshow to a specific bookmark in an existing MS-Word Doc?? If so, how? I have Office 2003 Pro

Thanks!

 

[Bill Foley]

Yes you can. A good idea is to place your Word document in the same folder
as your PowerPoint file, then create an AutoOpen macro in Word that goes to
the desired field. Assuming you have a bookmark called "test", the code
might look like:

Sub AutoOpen()

If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Exists("temp") = True Then
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("temp").Select
End If

End Sub

Then you create an object to "Hyperlink to", "Other file" on your PowerPoint
slide. Sometimes I get real creative and add to the AutoOpen code the
ability to open in Full Screen view. I also add a toolbar that opens up
with your Word document that has a button that says "Return to PowerPoint",
which merely close Word and does not save your document. It looks pretty
professional, but is quite simple. If you are interested in this, holler
back and I can provide examples.

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
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Can I hyperlink from a PowerPoint slideshow to a specific bookmark in an

existing MS-Word Doc?? If so, how? I have Office 2003 Pro.

 

[Shyam Pillai]

First:
1. Open the Word document and move to the region where the text region that
you wish to move to begins.
2. Select Insert | Bookmark and type in a name for this Bookmark.
3. Save the document and close it.

Then in PowerPoint 97:
1. Select the shape
2. Click in the 'Insert hyperlink' button on the toolbar
3. In the link to file field, select the Word document.
4. In the named location in the file field, type the name of the bookmark.
5. Click on OK
6. Save the presentation.

In later versions of PowerPoint
1. Open the presentation.
2. Select the shape, right-click it and select hyperlink
3. Select 'Existing page or hyperlink' option.
4. Type/select the name of the Word document.
5. In the file name field add #BookMarkName at the end of the file name
6. Click on Ok
7. Save the presentation

e.g If C:\Documents\MyDoc.Doc is the file you wish to hyperlink to and
created a name MyBookMark within the document. The final hyperlink to the
document would look like:
C:\Documents\MyDoc.Doc#MyBookMark

--
Regards
Shyam Pillai

http://www.mvps.org/skp

Can I hyperlink from a PowerPoint slideshow to a specific bookmark in an

existing MS-Word Doc?? If so, how? I have Office 2003 Pro.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Shyam...this was exactly what I was looking for

Bill...I like your approach, also, but needed to open to different places within a large Word doc from different bullet points in my PowerPoint presentation.

Thanks for all the help!

----- Shyam Pillai wrote: ----

First
1. Open the Word document and move to the region where the text region tha
you wish to move to begins
2. Select Insert | Bookmark and type in a name for this Bookmark
3. Save the document and close it

Then in PowerPoint 97
1. Select the shap
2. Click in the 'Insert hyperlink' button on the toolba
3. In the link to file field, select the Word document
4. In the named location in the file field, type the name of the bookmark
5. Click on O
6. Save the presentation

In later versions of PowerPoin
1. Open the presentation
2. Select the shape, right-click it and select hyperlin
3. Select 'Existing page or hyperlink' option
4. Type/select the name of the Word document
5. In the file name field add #BookMarkName at the end of the file nam
6. Click on O
7. Save the presentatio

e.g If C:\Documents\MyDoc.Doc is the file you wish to hyperlink to an
created a name MyBookMark within the document. The final hyperlink to th
document would look like
C:\Documents\MyDoc.Doc#MyBookMar

--
Regard
Shyam Pilla

http://www.mvps.org/sk

Can I hyperlink from a PowerPoint slideshow to a specific bookmark in a

existing MS-Word Doc?? If so, how? I have Office 2003 Pro