hyperlinks

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Shaggy

Hi. How do I stop hyperlinks from changing colors and
becoming underlined in PowerPoint 2000 when I click on
them. I want them to stay the color they were when I
first started the presentation even though I already
clicked on it.
Thanks.
Shaggy
 
The trick is to set the hyperlink action to the object, not just the text.
For example, click the "Autoshapes icon on the Drawing Toolbar, select
"Action Buttons", and click the top left button. Draw your button on your
slide and set the hyperlink action to it. When done, right-click on your
button and click "Add text". You now have a button with text that has the
hyperlink function set to the actual button.

This works the same for a simple text box, but you need to make sure you
right-click on the border of the text box, then select "Action Setting".
This way it is assigned to the object, not just the text inside the object.

Holler back if that doesn't make sense!
 
Another possibility is to change the Color Scheme. If you choose Slide
Design from the Format menu, and click on Color Schemes. You can edit
your color scheme to make the "Accent and Followed Hyperlink" the same
color as the "Accent and Hyperlink." If you don't want hyperlinks to
have a different color at all, make the previous two colors the same as
the regular text color. Note that where to find the Color Schemes
setting varies slightly from version to version.
--David

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David,
In my opinion this solution has more negative impacts than positive ones.
Since the Color Scheme colors affect more than just your hyperlink colors,
changing the color scheme can have impacts beyond what you want. For
example, if you have set up an element on a slide to have a fill that is
selected from the color scheme row, if you change the color scheme that
element will change colors as well. Another example: Color Scheme colors are
used by MS Graph to determine what colors are used for which lines or bars.
Changing two of them to be the same will cause your graphs to be re-colored.

Now, if you as a user can remember to check every slide for the impact of
the color change, you don't have to worry about this. But, if there is any
chance that you aren't going to check every slide, you will be adding
changes you don't expect.

Two good resources for the impacts of Color Schemes on your presentation are
this article from my site:
http://www.powerpointanswers.com/article1019.html
and this one from Echo's:
http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm

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David M. said:
Another possibility is to change the Color Scheme. If you choose Slide
Design from the Format menu, and click on Color Schemes. You can edit
your color scheme to make the "Accent and Followed Hyperlink" the same
color as the "Accent and Hyperlink."
Click to expand...

True. Alas, they'll still be underlined, though.
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not currently have the capability that you are looking for.
Hyperlink text is always indicated with an underline and color change taken
from the color scheme for the slide. You can change the color by changing
the color scheme but the text will always be underlined.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have some suggestions about
what options PowerPoint should provide for the handling and formatting of
hyperlink text, don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:

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

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
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working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that 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 so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

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

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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