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Pat Convey - 31 Jan 2007 18:44 GMT

Hello Folks,

I am currently working on a power point presentation and I have inserted a
couple of objects that appear as a word icons (actual word documents) and
have I have used the following process.

Insert / Object / Create from file / browse (selected req document) /
Display as Icon / then inserted a new document name using the 'change Icon'
function.

When I view the presentation, the icons work and the documents open up
nicely BUT when I save the presentation as a show, the icons do not open the
document associated with it.

I sure I'm missing something here as I've seen this work by documents
created by other users.

Hope someone can help.

Many thanks in advance,

Pat Convey.

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Steve Rindsberg - 01 Feb 2007 02:36 GMT

> Hello Folks,
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> nicely BUT when I save the presentation as a show, the icons do not open the
> document associated with it.

Hi Pat,

Rightclick the document's icon and choose Action Settings from the popup menu.

On the Action Settings dialog box that appears, look at the Object setting.
Try Run or Edit.

That should do it.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Pat Convey - 01 Feb 2007 10:54 GMT

Hello Steve,

Thanks for the reply.

The icon works fine whilst looking at it in the slide view. It's when you
save the presentation as a show (so when opened it plays automatically), that
the icon acts like a picture. Non responsive. When you click on trhe word
iconthat now represents the document you want to open, nothing happens.

Regards

Pat Convey.

> > Hello Folks,
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> PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Steve Rindsberg - 01 Feb 2007 16:35 GMT

> Hello Steve,
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> the icon acts like a picture. Non responsive. When you click on trhe word
> iconthat now represents the document you want to open, nothing happens.

Nor will it until you set the Object Action setting as I've described below.

Did you actually try my suggestion? I have before and just did again, using
exactly the method of inserting the Word doc that you described. Works fine.

If for some reason your system is playing PPS/Show files back in the viewer instead
of in PowerPoint, then the story's a bit different; the viewer does not, I'm pretty
sure, support OLE/ActiveX objects (like the word doc)

> Regards
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> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Pat Convey - 01 Feb 2007 18:42 GMT

Hello Steve,

I'm a half wit. I misread your advice.

After following your instruction, the objects work fine when the powerpoint
presentation is saved as a show.

Many thanks for your time whilst anwering my query.

Kind regards,

Pat Convey.

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Steve Rindsberg - 02 Feb 2007 04:44 GMT

Hi Pat,

Whew. Whattarelief. I had no idea what I was going to suggest next if that didn't
work. <g>

> Hello Steve,
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PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
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