Re: Publisher 2002 SP3 killed my hyperlinks

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From: David Bartosik [MSFT MVP] (dbartosik_at_community.nospam)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:31:25 -0600

Create a text box, insert text, hyperlink text, and you're done. Do not
proceed to fill or border or anything else the text box.
Another option - http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

"Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:847B6352-C912-49A0-A5BA-DEA5FF272348@microsoft.com...
> Hi David,
> Appreciate all the help, one last hump for me to get over, how
> specifically do I "switch your link to be straight text and drop the box
> decoration" ?
> I agree with you better to use the SP3 features and adjust to them ..
> thanks, Jamie
>
> "David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Publisher 2002 SP1 - SP3 does not support hyperlinks in a "filled" text
>> box
>> or a "bordered" text box. Basically any decorated text box.
>>
>> If you prefer to use the original code technology of 2002 after upgrading
>> to
>> SP1-SP3 you can do so by using File, Save as, (select from save as file
>> type) Web Page (htm, html).
>>
>> As this old news of the 2002 code issues is new news to you I recommend
>> you
>> publish in both the new code and the old code and compare site file size.
>> A
>> typical 2002 html file would be around 400 kb, under 2002 SP1-SP3 that
>> would
>> be reduced to something in the 40 kb - 100kb range.
>>
>> You are much better off to redo your design, in other words I recommend
>> you
>> switch your link to be straight text and drop the box decoration, then to
>> use the larger code size in Publisher 2002.
>>
>> fwiw version 2003 fixed the text box fill issue.
>>
>> David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
>> www.publishermvps.com
>> www.davidbartosik.com
>>
>> "Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:42D56251-B2E6-4756-BC1F-32B1CE00A22F@microsoft.com...
>> >I upgraded to Publisher 2002 SP3 as recommended, and I see that it
>> >appears
>> >to
>> > convert a lot of text boxes to image files (is that what makes them
>> > load
>> > faster?). But I have URL and mailto hyperinks in many of those text
>> > boxes
>> > and
>> > they no longer work. How do I fix that ?
>> >
>> > Interestingly, *some* textboxes were NOT converted to image files and
>> > the
>> > hyperlinks work there still.
>> >
>> > Hopefully its just a magic setting someplace now in SP3 ...
>>
>>
>>

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