Re: Edit/Links server change

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I'm sorry but this FixLinks demo just isn't working for me. Any other ideas?

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> >
> > "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
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> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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