Publishing to HTML does not correctly set hyperlink map area

[Michael]

When I publish a slide to HTML made up of only a standard rectangle with text
and the rectangle has a hyperlink (not the text in the box, but rather the
box itself). The hyperlink hotspot area is incorrect for the HTML page.

The hyperlink works just fine in the PowerPoint presentation, but not on the
HTML web page. The hyperlink (hotspot area) map in the HTML page is only
defining the perimeter of the rectangle. This renders the hyperlink unusable
because a person would have to know to click on the rectangle's boarder; not
the inner area of the rectangle. It appears in that in HTML PowerPoint is
defining the map area to avoid the text within the rectangle.

Does anybody know how to ensure the entire area of the rectangle is mapped
as the hotspot?

Michael

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Which version of PowerPoint do you use, Michael?

When I publish a slide to HTML made up of only a standard rectangle with text
and the rectangle has a hyperlink (not the text in the box, but rather the
box itself). The hyperlink hotspot area is incorrect for the HTML page.

The hyperlink works just fine in the PowerPoint presentation, but not on the
HTML web page. The hyperlink (hotspot area) map in the HTML page is only
defining the perimeter of the rectangle. This renders the hyperlink unusable
because a person would have to know to click on the rectangle's boarder; not
the inner area of the rectangle. It appears in that in HTML PowerPoint is
defining the map area to avoid the text within the rectangle.

Does anybody know how to ensure the entire area of the rectangle is mapped
as the hotspot?

Michael

 

[Michael]

I am using 2007

Which version of PowerPoint do you use, Michael?



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[Steve Rindsberg]

OK, thanks.

I just tried this (2007, Service Pack 1) and can't reproduce it.

Do you have the service pack? I'd *swear* I've seen what you're talking about
before; perhaps it was fixed in the SP.

 

[Michael]

Sorry Steve,
I went out of town for a while.

Yes SP1 is installed. I have been poking around the HTML code. It seems to
be rendering the box as PNG one object and the text as a separate object on
top of the box. I have been able to work around the issue by placing an
invisible box on top of the object and set the hyperlink to the box. Darn
hard to maintain this way though.