Viewer and "cooldn't process linked file" ?

[Geoff Cox]

Hello,

I am using PowerPoint 2003 and have come across the "cooldn't process
linked file" error message when "Packaging for CD".

In some cases it is simply that a sound file is not there or a
hyperlink to an image is still there ...

but

some times the message refers to a Word doc - from which the ppt file
was created using cut and paste I think.

How do I break the link to the original doc?

Thanks

Geoff

 

[Glen Millar]

Geoff,

Did you paste or go to Paste Link? Anyway, try Edit| Links.

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[Geoff Cox]

Geoff,

Did you paste or go to Paste Link? Anyway, try Edit| Links.

Glen,

The links option is greyed out. The copy/paste was done by a friend
who emails me the ppt slides.

Anything I can do in the absence of the actual Word files?

Cheers

Geoff

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The links option is greyed out. The copy/paste was done by a friend

who emails me the ppt slides.

Anything I can do in the absence of the actual Word files?

Select the Word content and ungroup it; then while it's still selected,
re-group. That'll break the link.

 

[Geoff Cox]

Select the Word content and ungroup it; then while it's still selected,
re-group. That'll break the link.

Steve,

Ah! There lies the rub. I do not know what is taken from Word docs and
the author cannot remember!

I have been using the following code from your web site to find the
hyperlinks - and this has been great for most of the time but on a few
occasions I have not been able to find the links. Would it be possible
to add to the code so that the offending link would be selected?

Cheers

Geoff

Sub ShowMeTheHyperlinks()
' Lists the slide number, shape name and address
' of each hyperlink

Dim oSl As Slide
Dim oHl As Hyperlink

For Each oSl In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oHl In oSl.Hyperlinks
If oHl.Type = msoHyperlinkShape Then
MsgBox "HYPERLINK IN SHAPE" _
& vbCrLf _
& "Slide: " & vbTab & oSl.SlideIndex _
& vbCrLf _
& "Shape: " & oHl.Parent.Parent.Name _
& vbCrLf _
& "Address:" & vbTab & oHl.Address _
& vbCrLf _
& "SubAddress:" & vbTab & oHl.SubAddress
Else
' it's text
MsgBox "HYPERLINK IN TEXT" _
& vbCrLf _
& "Slide: " & vbTab & oSl.SlideIndex _
& vbCrLf _
& "Shape: " & oHl.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Name
_
& vbCrLf _
& "Address:" & vbTab & oHl.Address _
& vbCrLf _
& "SubAddress:" & vbTab & oHl.SubAddress
End If
Next ' hyperlink
Next ' Slide

End Sub

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve,

Ah! There lies the rub. I do not know what is taken from Word docs and
the author cannot remember!

I have been using the following code from your web site to find the
hyperlinks - and this has been great for most of the time but on a few
occasions I have not been able to find the links. Would it be possible
to add to the code so that the offending link would be selected?

Have you tried using a report from our FixLinks addin?
http://fixlinks.pptools.com