Re: Go back to the previous drive, folder, or Internet location

From: DianaH (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:11:01 -0800

Kathyrn,
I found a way to make the hyperlink work (I don't give up
easily), but it wasn't in the office.

In Acrobat, there's a toolbar that has the hyperlink icon
(looks like 2 chain links). Click it.

Draw a rectangular (marquis hot spot) for a hyperlink.
When drawn, the link properties dialogue box pops up.
Choose visible or invisible rectangle.
Under Action, select "World Wide Web Link",
Below that click "Edit URL".
Type the destination url.

That worked (in Acrobat). I'd still be interested in
seeing how your custom settings file works, but it's not
as much as a rush, now that I found this work around.
Thanks so much.

PS ... I'm not familiar with PPT Live. Do you know they
are held in Canada? But hey ... don't sweat it, I'll
check their site - it's probably listed there somewhere.
Diana

>-----Original Message-----
>The problem is because of how PDF handles the Office
documents. You need to
>set up a custom settings file that tells PDF to keep the
hyperlinks. Then,
>you need to set up the settings file to be used for all
Office documents.
>Finally, you need to make sure that the settings are not
overridden when you
>PDF from inside Office.
>
>(Echo, I have this somewhat written up because of a
recent problem with a
>VERY large PDF file that you are intimately familiar
with. If I forward you
>the directions, can you test them out and post them for
Dinah? I will be in
>and out all day and probably won't have time to clean up
the instructions as
>needed. If you do have time, email me off list with which
address to forward
>the directions to.)
>
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>"Echo S" <echos@indy.net> wrote in message
>news:uyJjurbDEHA.1604@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Well, let me think. I suspect you'll have to add the
link to Acrobat
>> itself.
>> Then again, you might be able to maintain the links
when creating the PDF.
>> I
>> sure wish Steve R. would pop into this thread -- he's
the real PDF guru!
>>
>> We just upgraded to Acrobat 6.0 at work, and although
we're having some
>> odd
>> problems with fonts, the maintenance-of-hyperlinks
seems to work well.
>> Instead of printing to Distiller or PDF Writer or
whatever, we use the
>> "PDF
>> Maker" icon thingy which Acrobat installs in the Office
applications'
>> toolbars. You can specify in the settings that links
are maintained when
>> the
>> PDF is created.
>>
>> If you want to send me a couple of slides via email, I
can try them with
>> Acrobat 6.0 and see if the links are maintained. I
don't have the earlier
>> version still installed, sorry, so I can't test it. I'm
not sure if
>> previous
>> versions will maintain the links or not, but if you
have that Acrobat
>> 5.0.x
>> toolbar available in PPT, you might see if using that
to create the PDF
>> helps.
>>
>> --
>> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
>>
>> "Dianah" <flickers@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:u7Er5iYDEHA.3584@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Echo, this is such a shame. I added the action button
and the link works
>>> when I run a slide show (as a test), but after it's
pdf'd, there's no
>>> sign
>>> of a hyperlink at all. No way to go "back" to the
site. Bummer!
>>>
>>>
>>> "Echo S" <echos@indy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23$EzqhODEHA.3836@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> This help topic seems to be telling you how to
navigate through your
>> folders
>>> when you go to open a new file. Can I ask what the
title of this Help
>> topic
>>> is and what keywords you typed in to find it? I'd like
to suggest to MS
>> that
>>> they add that search term to a Help topic which better
matches what you
>> were
>>> searching for.
>>>
>>> What you want is an action setting or hyperlink on
your slide. Create
>>> your
>>> button, then right-click it and select Action
Settings. In the Hyperlink
>>> box, select URL/Webpage, then type in your URL.
>>>
>>> You'll want to double-check that the link remains
intact when you create
>> the
>>> PDF.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
>>> http://www.echosvoice.com
>>>
>>> "Dianah" <flickers@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:OnZDiqLDEHA.2804@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> > I created a 1 slide file in Powerpoint 2002 (that
will be pdf'd) for a
>>> > website. I want to put a "back" button/link (or
whatever it's called)
>> on
>>> > the top of the page, so that visitors will be taken
back to the site
>> but
>>> I
>>> > couldn't do it. So, I looked it up in help and got
the following:
>>> >
>>> > 1. On the Standard toolbar, click Open .
>>> > 2. In the Open dialog box, click the Back
button .
>>> > There is no "Back" button in my open dialogue box.
Does anyone else
>>> > understand these instructions or can someone else
explain it better.
>>> Thanks
>>> > in advance