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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006Hyperlink in Slide Master
I need to set up hyperlinks to different sections of my presentation which appear on every slide. I have inserted autoshapes into my slide masters and assigned a hyperlinks in each one to a specific slide, but when I return to Normal View the link does not work. Also, the format / colour of the text in the autoshape containing the hyperlink changes and cannot be edited. Any ideas? I have Powerpoint 2003. Thanks  SignatureR Ormerod Are you hyperlinking the text in the autoshape or the autoshape itself? Try clicking on the edge of the autoshape and choosing Insert > Hyperlink, rather than clicking on the text. The text color should only change if you hyperlink the text, not the autoshape. I just tried it, and it all works as it is supposed to. --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?UiBPcm1lcm9k?= <ROrmerod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:59D4BE7B-F6BC-4333-9121-249C90748E4C@microsoft.com: > I need to set up hyperlinks to different sections of my presentation > which appear on every slide. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks The text issue is resolved as you suggested, but for some reason I still cannot get the hyperlink to work in the autoshape. The cursor does not change to the 'hand' icon at all. My slide master contains a number of shapes, some overlaying large areas of the slide. I tried inserting an autoshape and bringing it to the front, but still no joy. Presumably Insert => Hyperlink or right click Hyperlink is the only dialog that needs to be called to make this work? SignatureR Ormerod > Are you hyperlinking the text in the autoshape or the autoshape itself? > Try clicking on the edge of the autoshape and choosing Insert > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > Thanks I wonder if you have other objects (perhaps empty parts of text boxes) covering your autoshapes. Everything on the slide master is behind everything on the slide, so even bringing the autoshape on the slide master to the front won't help. --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?UiBPcm1lcm9k?= <ROrmerod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:619E26E3-BC63-43F8-BB0F-E528A6AF691E@microsoft.com: > The text issue is resolved as you suggested, but for some reason I > still cannot get the hyperlink to work in the autoshape. The cursor [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Presumably Insert => Hyperlink or right click Hyperlink is the only > dialog that needs to be called to make this work? Just realised what the problem is - I was testing the hyperlinks in Edit mode, not in Slideshow mode. Everything working fine - my apologies! SignatureR Ormerod > I wonder if you have other objects (perhaps empty parts of text boxes) > covering your autoshapes. Everything on the slide master is behind [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Presumably Insert => Hyperlink or right click Hyperlink is the only > > dialog that needs to be called to make this work? LOL. Sorry, I forgot to include the obvious in my response. Glad it's working now. --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?UiBPcm1lcm9k?= <ROrmerod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:609BE365-8888-49DB-9B57-0E5DCCEEDC0E@microsoft.com: > Just realised what the problem is - I was testing the hyperlinks in Edit > mode, not in Slideshow mode. > > Everything working fine - my apologies! As David says there is probably something masking the button. Empty parts of text placeholders won't do this but one with blank lines (ie you pressed enter) will as will text boxes with spaces and invisible parts of transparent png / gifs Try moving the button on the master to say top right and see if it works there. Signature----------------------------------------- Did that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist > The text issue is resolved as you suggested, but for some reason I still > cannot get the hyperlink to work in the autoshape. The cursor does not change [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > > > > Thanks > I need to set up hyperlinks to different sections of my presentation which > appear on every slide. > > I have inserted autoshapes into my slide masters and assigned a hyperlinks > in each one to a specific slide, but when I return to Normal View the link > does not work. Hyperlinks and action settings only work during a screen show. They never work in normal view. > Also, the format / colour of the text in the autoshape containing the > hyperlink changes and cannot be edited. The color scheme controls the color of hyperlinked text. Change the color scheme and the text color will change. OR Apply the hyperlink to the shape rather than to the text IN the shape. Then the text color won't change. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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