Re: Edit/Links server change

In article <8044D49A-9D03-494D-9A90-FBB2E1D3ED23@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Guy wrote:
> So maybe I'm not exactly sure how to use this tool, but it seemed simple
> enough. I click on the button to run a link report, and nothing is
> happening. Is a report supposed to pop up or does it hide it somewhere? It
> doesn't seem like it's doing anything The fix links and go to shape buttons
> seem to be working ok.

Odd. It should create a file called REPORT.TXT in your PPTools folder (where you
installed FixLinks) and open it in Notepad.

If the PPTools folder isn't writeable under your current permissions, it'd prevent
it from working.

Oh, and (sorry if this is painfully obvious) you'd need to have a presentation open.


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> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
>
> > In article <3D3053E6-D64D-446E-A0B1-D2B92A2B6232@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Guy wrote:
> > > Hello, here's the situation. A number of people in my company have
> > > powerpoint files that use a lot of links on a public drive. The alias of
> > > that drive has changed. So the mappings are like
> > > \\server1\folder\document.xls. But now, server1 has changed to server2.
> > > There are a lot of files and a lot of links per file. I guess my first
> > > question is, is there any way to change all of these links in edit/links to
> > > the new correct server name in a simple and quick manner? Changing every
> > > single one of these links would obviously take a huge amount of time. And
> > > two, for future reference, if this drive is mapped as a Z: drive, should I
> > > just use the drive letter to map these drives instead of the actual server
> > > name? Thank you.
> > >
> >
> > I'd definitely use mapped drives. I can't swear that it'll work perfectly;
> > PowerPoint often reports UNC paths even when you've created a link to a file on
> > a mapped drive. Then again, it has a habit of mis-reporting the paths to
> > links in some cases. It may be actually storing the path to a mapped drive but
> > showing the UNC path to the file it's found there.
> >
> > As far as fixing the existing files, it's probably do-able. It can get a bit
> > complex to track down every link of every type in a presentation, but if it's
> > just e.g. hyperlinks, it might be possible to do a fairly simple fixup macro.
> >
> > Suggestion: download the free FixLinks demo at http://get.pptools.com and run
> > a link report on a couple of typical presentations. Post the results here
> > (abbreviated if they're extremely long).
> >
> >
> >
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> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
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> >
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