Re: Unable to open .DOC file via Hyperlink in Powerpoint 2002

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From: BenLimerkens (BenLimerkens_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/08/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 07:29:06 -0700

Hi Bill,

I tried several documents from one part of the Intranet site and they all do
not work. Now I tried some other documents on another part of this Intranet
site and they work. So I think they have done some misconfiguration on the
Intranet site and so the problem is not with Powerpoint but with our site.

I thank you for your help,

Ben

"Bill Foley" wrote:

> Still works like a champ. try this:
>
> 1. Open the web page with the Word document
> 2. Click in the Address box and press CTRL-C to copy the address
> 3. Close the web site
> 4. Open your presentation and highlight the text you want to assign the
> hyperlink to
> 5. Right-click that highlighted text and click "Hyperlink"
> 6. Click in the "Address" box towards the bottom and press CTRL-V (to paste
> the address in).
> 7. Click OK and go to Slide Show mode and try it out.
>
> --
> Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
> Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
> www.pttinc.com
> Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
> Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm
>
> "BenLimerkens" <BenLimerkens@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A803F3A3-A9FD-4A83-8EB4-A230FE74F8BC@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Bill,
> > Thanks for your quick reply, but I think my explenation was not that
> clear.
> >
> > My PPT file is on my C:-drive and the DOC file to open is on our Intranet
> > site (somewhere else). So putting the files together is not an option.
> > It is really inserting some text in a text box as a hyperlink that refers
> to
> > the DOC file on the website (http).
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > "Bill Foley" wrote:
> >
> > > They work like a charm! A couple of things to keep in mind. If your
> file
> > > is in "x" folder and your linked document is on "y" folder and you move
> > > either of these files, you can have problems. The easiest way is to
> make a
> > > copy of the document file in the same folder as your presentation. That
> way
> > > it will always work. I also find that creating some sort of action
> button
> > > and assigning an Action Setting to "Hyperlink to", "Other file" also
> works
> > > much more consistently. You can also use the "Run program" option in
> the
> > > Action Settings dialog box to open the Word document.
> > >
> > > Holler back if this does not make sense!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
> > > Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
> > > www.pttinc.com
> > > Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
> > > Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm
> > >
> > > "BenLimerkens" <BenLimerkens@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:A2ABB600-4866-4647-AE65-285A80AA6652@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hi,
> > > > On our company Intranet site many documents are posted and available
> for
> > > > everybody (internally) to read.
> > > > Now one of the users has created a Powerpiont (PPT) file that contains
> a
> > > > hyperlink (http://.../.../..doc) to a .DOC file. No problem I thought
> but
> > > it
> > > > seems it is not possible to open this doc file via this hyperlink. The
> > > > message that appears says that Powerpoint is not able to open the
> > > specified
> > > > file. If I change the link to a PPT file it opens without a problem.
> HTML
> > > > files also open in Internet Explorer.
> > > >
> > > > Now my question, is opening DOC, XLS,... files not possible via a
> > > hyperlink
> > > > in Powerpoint?? If it is, what am I overlooking here?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help, tips about this subject.
> > > >
> > > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

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