Hyperlink warnings how to stop them?

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Im exporting my ppt to CD with autoplay and beta viewer, great!

My ppt contains links to local (ie in the same folder on the CD) PDF files.

Problem: I insert the CD into another PC and it autoplays opening the ppt
using the beta viewer. BUT when I then navigate in the presentation to the
PDFs I get a warning prompt message asking me if its OK to follow the link
"as it may contain virus blah blah"

Does anyone know a work round for this, as its not very smooth having to
keep clicking "yes proceed" everytime I navigate with the links.

Thanks

JD
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

Since you are using the Viewer, it is not possible to prevent the warning
from coming up each time you hyperlink to external content other than
another PowerPoint presentation. The workarounds include NOT using the
PowerPoint Viewer or converting your external content to a format that can
be displayed natively from within PowerPoint (such as images).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint Viewer
should have additional options for how to handle navigating links to
potentially harmful files, don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
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your case as clearly and completely as possible.

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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Thanks for the comments, I can see the reasons behind John's vigour on all
the posts here.

Its not like Im trying to do anything clever is it, simply link/action to a
local pdf.

Are any of the Microsoft products actually finished to a level where a "new"
user can have a go for 2hrs and not find fundimental flaws in the
functionality???

So is it possible to autorun a ppt without beta-viewer, ie use the
powerpoint app resident on the viewing PC? If so what would be the settings
to add to the autorun.inf file?
 
You could save your presentation as PowerPoint Show (*.PPS) and then use
launch.exe in your autorun.inf file. When burning the CD place your
presentation and launch.exe in the root directory

[autorun]
open=launch.exe open yourpres.pps

See http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/autorun_launch.htm
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

thejd said:
Thanks for the comments, I can see the reasons behind John's vigour on all
the posts here.

Its not like Im trying to do anything clever is it, simply link/action to a
local pdf.

Are any of the Microsoft products actually finished to a level where a "new"
user can have a go for 2hrs and not find fundimental flaws in the
functionality???

So is it possible to autorun a ppt without beta-viewer, ie use the
powerpoint app resident on the viewing PC? If so what would be the settings
to add to the autorun.inf file?

"John Langhans [MSFT]" said:
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

Since you are using the Viewer, it is not possible to prevent the warning
from coming up each time you hyperlink to external content other than
another PowerPoint presentation. The workarounds include NOT using the
PowerPoint Viewer or converting your external content to a format that can
be displayed natively from within PowerPoint (such as images).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint Viewer
should have additional options for how to handle navigating links to
potentially harmful files, don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
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