Why are the slashes in my hyperlink changing? (links stop working)

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I put in a hyperlink to a file (a photo) which, of course require the back
slash \. It works the first time when I test it, but later on it won't work.
When I edit the hyperlink I see that PPT changed all the slashes to forward /
like a web address.

Is this something I can control?
 
I put in a hyperlink to a file (a photo) which, of course require the back
slash \. It works the first time when I test it, but later on it won't work.
When I edit the hyperlink I see that PPT changed all the slashes to forward /
like a web address.
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Is it a full path to the image or a relative path? Full paths will be the most
reliable.

If you look at File, Properties, is there anything in the "Hyperlink base"
field? If so, try removing it.

Finally, what do you want to have happen when clicking on the link? Perhaps
there's another way to get to the same end.
 
Is it a full path to the image or a relative path? Full paths will be the most
reliable.
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It is a full path starting with two backslashes and the server name, then
the folder tree ex: \\servername\folder1\folder2\...\filename
If you look at File, Properties, is there anything in the "Hyperlink base"
field? If so, try removing it.
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Nope, nothing there.
Finally, what do you want to have happen when clicking on the link? Perhaps
there's another way to get to the same end.
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This particular slide has a list of items and a few of them I would like to
pop up a related photo to provide a visual. There isn't enough room to put
the list and the photos, plus the photos are only needed momentarily and
would be a distraction if they stayed there; it's the list that's important.

Thanks,
Chris
 
Hmm.

Walk me through the step by step process you use to create these links and let me
know what version of PPT you're using. I'll see if I can repro this here.

If you have a smallish (sub 2-5mb) sample presentation you can share, I'd be happy
to take a look at that too. email to steve at-sign pptools dot com
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
Hmm.

Walk me through the step by step process you use to create these links and let me
know what version of PPT you're using. I'll see if I can repro this here.

If you have a smallish (sub 2-5mb) sample presentation you can share, I'd be happy
to take a look at that too. email to steve at-sign pptools dot com
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I'm using PPT 2002 SP3 on XP professional. I tried it two different ways.
After typing the text that I wanted to click on, I highlighted the text,
right clicked and selected *hyperlink*. For the first method, I copy/pasted
the path and filename manually. For the second method, I browsed to the photo
and let PPT put the link in.
 
I'm using PPT 2002 SP3 on XP professional. I tried it two different ways.
After typing the text that I wanted to click on, I highlighted the text,
right clicked and selected *hyperlink*. For the first method, I copy/pasted
the path and filename manually. For the second method, I browsed to the photo
and let PPT put the link in.
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When I try this in 2003 (also on XP Pro) I get the \ characters converted to / and
spaces converted to %20, but the link still works in slide show mode.

Same thing in 2002 (though under Win 2000).

Have you considered using triggers to make the photos appear? Use Insert, Picture,
From File to bring in the pictures, then have the photo appear when triggered by a
click on the text that you'd have linked to before.

You can set another trigger to remove the picture when you click it.
 
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