links going nuts

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Andy

Hello. I am having a HUGE problem with links.

We developed a gigantic PowerPoint data system (using over
600MB of info), split up into many different directories
and over 1000 different files. It has an interactive menu
system, created with links.

Here is my problem. We developed this system with Windows
98 using PowerPoint 97 and then upgrading to PowerPoint
2000. When upgrading the OS to Windows 2000, the links no
longer go to custom shows or real links, but rather go to
what seems like random places. Windows NT won't work
either, however, Windows XP works fine. Unfortunately, I
can't use Windows XP on our system due to restraints from
the network people.

So... the question is... how is this working? Is there a
way around this bug?

Lastly, how can I go to white papers to research about
PowerPoint and its internal structure? I've seen links to
them, but how do you get to the source?

Thank you for your time and help!

Andy
 
I failed to mention, and I apologize, that I have gotten
everything to work on some windows 2000 machines. I am at
a loss as to why some work and some won't.

I've never been able to get NT to work for me.
 
There are limits to the amount of link data you can store in a single PPT
file, that might be one thing you're running into. I've seen other reports
of links working in one OS but not in another. I've got an example file
here but haven't yet been able to repro the problem.

You might want to try our FixLinks demo at http://get.pptools.com
The demo's free, includes a handy link report function that might help in
sorting this out.
Feel free to install and use the demo on as many computers as it takes to
work out the differences.
No obligation to purchase; I put the report tool in specifically to help
folks with problems like this.

If you learn anything useful, though, please do post it here!

As to white papers, I don't know of any offhand. What links have you seen?
 
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