Re: PowerPoint Viewer and PDF LInks

From: Jeff (jeffrobshaw_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: 9 Nov 2004 06:51:48 -0800

Hello Steve,

The .pdfs were NOT set to open full screen. I made this change and
something new an interesting happened:

Upon clicking the first .pdf link after starting the CD ppt
presentation, the pdf opens behind the presentation, as before, but
the ppt screen goes black and stays black until I click to advance or
use alt-tab to switch to the pdf. If I leave that pdf open in the
background and click another pdf link, it opens full-screen to the
front of the presentation as I would like it to.

Is there a way to pre-load the reader so it's already running by the
time a user clicks the first pdf link or is there still something else
going on in your view?

Thanks again for any help!

Jeff

Steve Rindsberg <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message news:<VA.00000cce.19b098de@localhost.com>...
> In article <577967bb.0411080751.36a6776b@posting.google.com>, Jeff wrote:
> > Hello Steve,
> >
> > Thanks for your response. We are running PowerPoint version 2003
> > (11.6361.6360) SP1, Reader version 6.0, and the PowerPoint Viewer
> > version 11.0.5703.
>
> Hm. I've got 11.5whateverwhatever on this system, Reader 6.0.1 dated 11/3/2003
> Viewer is 11.0.5530.0 and am not seeing the problem.
>
> Could it be to do with the PDF itself? Is it set to open full screen or otherwise?
>
> >
> > I believe the issue is arising with the viewer.
> >
> > Steve Rindsberg <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message news:<VA.00000cb7.0a29b172@localhost.com>...
> > > In article <577967bb.0411050754.12c11b61@posting.google.com>, Jeff wrote:
> > > > When creating a CD using PowerPoint viewer, links within the
> > > > presentation to pdf files open, but they open BEHIND the main
> > > > presentation, so users can't see them. They have to assume the links
> > > > are open and know about Alt-Tab to switch over. This occurs when the
> > > > user's computer has adobe reader installed.
> > > >
> > > > When the client machine has the full adobe acrobat installed, the pdfs
> > > > open and can be seen in front of the presentation.
> > >
> > > Which versions of Reader and PowerPoint?
> > >
> > > With an action setting to Other File (the PDF) and PPT2003, Reader 6, I'm not
> > > seeing this.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------
> > > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > > ================================================
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================

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