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

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From: Kathryn Jacobs (jacobskl_at_knotjacobs.coxatwork.com)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:32:46 -0700

Adobe PDF and links:
I just sent Echo a long and involved email about how I solved the problem.
It involves the Create PDF settings and the mechanism used to print. She
won't get to looking at it until tonight. Hopefully she can make enough
sense of my mish mash to post some information here. I won't be back on-line
for several hours, as I need to be away from the office/house for the rest
of the day.

PPT Live: The event I was talking about is in San Diego, CA in October. Some
details are on the site. IF you are looking for information on this year's
event, you can email them. (Or maybe Rick Altman himself will see this post
and provide you with some information, as he visits these boards when he has
time.) 

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"DianaH" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1083901c40ddd$8983db70$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> 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.)
>>
>>-- 
>>Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
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> value of this post:
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>>Get OneNote answers at http://www.onenoteanswers.com
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>>I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
>>if we live without making a difference, it makes no
> difference that we lived
>>
>>"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
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