Re: Microsoft Office 2004 (PowerPoint) for Mac hyperlink security warning message

Hi Manchee,

I can come up with only a prospective solution.

A VBA script like this might work:

Sub TurnPromptOff()
ActivePresentation.FollowHyperlink _
Address:="file://localhost/Users/UserName/Desktop/filename.jpg",
NewWindow:=True, AddHistory:=True
MacScript "keystroke (select the OK button)" << - this is what I don't know
how to do
MacScript "keystroke (return)"
End Sub

The script above would use AppleScript to press the button for you. You
would use an action setting instead of a hyperlink when you set up the
presentation. The problem is I don't know Applescript well enough to tell
you whether or not it can select the OK button or how to do it.

-Jim


Quoting from "manchee@xxxxxxxxx" <manchee@xxxxxxxxx>, in article
1187183031.992322.292050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, on [DATE:

Has there been any resolution for the PowerPoint 2004 for Mac
hyperlink warning message? There is an old post here -
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint/browse_t
hread/thread/53fad553db240bdb/292ce326b36cebc6

I continue to have a security warning when referencing files locally
on my machine from PowerPoint:mac 2004. here is the message if you are
unfamiliar with it:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Opening "file://localhost/Users/myUserName/Desktop/ppt/
presentation_demos/demo_folder/demo.html"

Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your
computer. It is important to be certain that this file is from a
trustworthy source.

Would you like to open this file?

<Cancel> <OK>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------

What seems bizarre is I can reference an online file with out any
prompt or issue. This is what I may have to continue to do until I can
identify a workaround.

I can't seem to find much of anything online, although there is a
registry hack for PC users running Office 2003 --
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=829072

There was one reference on this group about using a macro for a Visual
Basic workaround, but with 50+ links in every PPT file that change
regularly, this is not a feasible workaround.

Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Thanks!


--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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