pdf file not registered

[spypoint]

This question is in the archives but was never answered. Maybe I'll have
better luck!

I would like to hyperlink to a pdf file on one of my slides. I am using
PowerPoint 2007. After creating the hyperlink when I try to open the file I
get the message "No program is registered to open this file.
Can anyone tell me what I should do to register Adobe with PPT so I can open
the hyperlink?


When I double click on a pdf file in Windows Explorer, the pdf file opens
fine. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Michael Koerner]

Do you have either the full version of Acrobat or the Acrobat reader on your
system? You may want to look her for a solution
http://www.indezine.com/blog/2009/05/learn-powerpoint-2007-playing-adobe.html

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


This question is in the archives but was never answered. Maybe I'll have
better luck!

I would like to hyperlink to a pdf file on one of my slides. I am using
PowerPoint 2007. After creating the hyperlink when I try to open the file I
get the message "No program is registered to open this file.
Can anyone tell me what I should do to register Adobe with PPT so I can open
the hyperlink?


When I double click on a pdf file in Windows Explorer, the pdf file opens
fine. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[spypoint]

Steve,

Thanks for the reply.

I created the hyperlink 2 different ways. I highlighted some text on the
page, clicked on the action button and entered a link to a pdf file. When I
ran show in preview mode, I get the usual warning about the dangers of
opening up a "strange" file and then it tells me that there is no program
registered to open this file.

This is when it gets interesting. When I try the optional method of adding a
pdf link as an object (NOT my preferred way to do it) and run the show in
preview mode, the pdf file opens up fine. When I published the show to a CD
and ran it, however, I get the same warning that there is no program registed
to open this file. This happens on different computers.

There is no problem opening pdf's in Windows Explorer. I have the most
recent version of the Adobe Acrobat reader. This is the link I use:
Need%20to%20Know%20pdf%20files\American%20Dream.pdf

Any ideas?

Dennis

 

[spypoint]

Steve,

I highlight the phrase I want to link with the left mouse button. I then
left-click the Action button under the Insert tab. On the Mouse Click tab I
click on the hyperlink button and click on other file. I find that file and
left click on it to have it display in the box next to the button. I then
click the okay button on the bottom of the page. I run the program in
slideshow from the current page. When I click on the hypertext link it
provides a pop-up window that provides the link I entered earlier than tells
me many files can have viruses and am I sure I want to open this link. When I
say yes, another pop-up says there is no program registered to run this file.

Your warning about spaces in the files makes sense (although it hasn’t been
a problem with any other MS program) but the same thing happens when I use
one-word files.