Hyperlinks break down

[Guest]

I am having a problem with hyperlinks in a presentation - the same ones keep
breaking down. I realise there is a finite number you can have so I've
deleted over 100 hyperlinks I don't really need - but the same problem
persists.

I don't have time to make up a new presentation and link to it and I only
have a few more links to add and I'll be finished.

any suggestions?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

I would try to round trip that puppy thru HTML in order to help clean out
its innards.
**HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00526.htm

I do not know how good PowerPoint is about cleaning up its internal
hyperlinks area, but round-tripping has proven useful in cleaning up other
messes PowerPoint has made in itself.

--
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Microsoft PPT MVP Team
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[Guest]

Just tried this and it seems to be working! thankyou so much!

 

[Guest]

another question - in the same presentation i have linked to various graphs
in two excel spreadsheets. I have a big 'update' button in the presentation
which updates from the two (linked) excel files when i click it. it takes
about a minute for this to update.

for some reason when my boss opens the presentation on his PC he ges a
message for every graph (over 400) saying do you want to update links between
the two excel files. then excel stays open in the memory until he logs off

i can't understand why i don't get it on mine but everybody else has
problems updating. The code i use to update i got from somebody else so i
don't really know it that well but as far as i know it is set up to open the
two excel sheets and update the links between them before updating each graph.

i appreciate any help.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

for some reason when my boss opens the presentation on his PC he ges a
message for every graph (over 400) saying do you want to update links between
the two excel files. then excel stays open in the memory until he logs off

Because of the way links to XLS files work in PPT, it's possible that the link
is opening a different copy of the XLS on his system than on yours. If that
copy of the file had different link update settings, mightn't it produce this
result?

 

[Guest]

There are two routes to get to the excel files - through the company x-drive
or by going through 'my network places'. all my links go via the 'my network
places route' but I thought this took me to the exact same place as when I go
through the x drive.

could this be the problem - is 'my network places' specific to me?

should I change the links to all go through the X:drive?

If so - is there an easy way to do this as I have over 400 links to two
excel files in my presentation.

I don't understand as when my boss opens the presentation (whatever route he
takes) he has the same file as I have saved on my PC - I thought it was the
exact same place just a different way to get there.

Is this likely to be the problem - or the code I'm using to update? The
code works on my PC tho? I'm confused?!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

There are two routes to get to the excel files - through the company x-drive
or by going through 'my network places'. all my links go via the 'my network
places route' but I thought this took me to the exact same place as when I go
through the x drive.

could this be the problem - is 'my network places' specific to me?

It's hard to say at this remove. My network places is just a collection of
shortcuts, as far as I know, not "real" network paths, which will be in either
of two forms:

- A mapped network drive ( your X: drive is one of these, it sounds like) like
X:\Folder\Folder\Filename.ext

- A UNC path like \\Server-Name\Share-Name\Folder\Folder\Filename.ext

should I change the links to all go through the X:drive?

You shouldn't have to. IF the boss' computer can find the XLS file along the
path that's hardcoded into the PPT file, it'll use it. If it can't find it,
it'll look in the same folder as the PPT file itself for the XLS. If it finds
the file there, it'll use it. I don't know offhand if it'll go off searching
along the current path if it doesn't find the XLS in the folder with the PPT; it
might.

What I'd do is put some known bogus data into the XLS you *think* your boss'
computer is using. Then open the PPT on the boss' computer and see if the data
appears there. If not, his computer is finding a different copy of the XLS than
you think it is.