Powerpoint Opens w/ Browser?!

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Jason

When I create a link in an MS Word document to a .ppt
file, and then I send that Word document to others on my
network, the .ppt document opens with my browser (IE6)
rather than with PowerPoint. How do I get it to open with
PowerPoint vice IE6?

Thanks!
 
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Hello Jason,

This is the nature of hyperlinking between Office applications. If you want
the presentation to come up in PowerPoint you should use OLE
linking/embedding ("Insert -> Object" command) instead of hyperlinking.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important to
have more control (as an author) about how hyperlinked presentations are
opened up from Word (or other hyperlink behaviors), don't forget to send
your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) 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

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