How do I get a PowerPoint hyperlink to open in Firefox vs IE?

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Ben in Asheville

How do I get a PowerPoint hyperlink to open in Firefox vs IE? I'm trying to
hyperlink to a website. I've changed the association of the index.html file
to Firefox, yet the PowerPoint still launches IE when the hyperlinked object
is clicked.
 
The hyperlink should open in what Windows considers the default browser to
be. This is based on the machine setting, not anything contained in
PowerPoint.


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vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
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The hyperlink should open in what Windows considers the default browser to
be.  This is based on the machine setting, not anything contained in
PowerPoint.

--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.http://billdilworth.mvps.org
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
vestprog2@     Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo.             They answer most of our questions.
com                www.pptfaq.com
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While what you say is certainly true, the OP can simulate a hyperlink
by adding a macro and setting an Action Setting to the target text
(bulleted), where the macro Shells to firefox, something like this ...

Sub hyperlink1()
sCmd = """C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"" " _
& "http://www.somewhere.com/index.html"
Shell sCmd
End Sub

It's a lot more trouble, but is more likely to be transferable to
other machines that have have firefox loaded.

Tom Lavedas
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