BUG PP 2007: Conversion to PDF with internal hyperlinks

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Thanasis Siozos - 06 Jun 2007 08:08 GMT

I made a test presentation with 3 slides. The first slide has links to the
second and third. The other slides link back to the first. When I export to
pdf with the microsoft "PDF or XPS" plugin the links are all messed up. They
don't jump where they should. However the links work fine inside PP. See this:

Original test powerpoint slideshow:
http://users.koz.sch.gr/atsiozos/TestLinksDocument.pptx

Produced PDF:
http://users.koz.sch.gr/atsiozos/TestLinksDocument.pdf

Didn't test XPS, though.

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Glen Millar - 06 Jun 2007 10:54 GMT

Hi,

Guess what. It works here! Just like taking your car to the mechanic and it
doesn't make that rattle that drives you crazy!

What version of internet browser do you have?

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>I made a test presentation with 3 slides. The first slide has links to the
> second and third. The other slides link back to the first. When I export
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> Didn't test XPS, though.

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trelesplakes@yahoo.gr - 06 Jun 2007 14:04 GMT

I'm sorry, it doesn't work. I've tried it in two different PCs with
Windows XP SP2, Microsoft Office Home & Student, IE 7
and Acrobat Reader 7, all latest patches applied.

I export to PDF and when Reader 7 opens the document
the first and second links take you to the last page
(while it should have jumped to the second).
The links from these pages take you to the second page
instead of the first.

MS should fix this.

/ Glen Millar :

> Hi,
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> > Didn't test XPS, though.

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Echo S - 06 Jun 2007 18:09 GMT

Can you give us specifics about the links on the slides? For example, did
you link to "first slide" or did you link to the first slide listed under
the "slide titles" area? And did you use Insert Hyperlink or did you use
Insert Action?

Are your links added to text, to text boxes, or to autoshapes? Is there any
formatting applied to those texts/textboxes/autoshapes?

Also, your slide titles don't have commas in them, do they?

For what it's worth, I set up both action settings and hyperlinks here,
using both "first slide" and "slide 1" (the title of the slide) in each
case, and the links all work here. (using PPT 2007, Windows Vista, Adobe
Reader 8.10)

Unless MS can repro, they don't have anything specific to fix....

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> I'm sorry, it doesn't work. I've tried it in two different PCs with
> Windows XP SP2, Microsoft Office Home & Student, IE 7
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Steve Rindsberg - 16 Jun 2007 15:44 GMT

> I made a test presentation with 3 slides. The first slide has links to the
> second and third. The other slides link back to the first. When I export to
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> Produced PDF:
> http://users.koz.sch.gr/atsiozos/TestLinksDocument.pdf

I downloaded the PPTX and saved as PDF. As with Glen, the links work fine here.

And so do the links in the PDF you posted.

I'm using Acrobat Reader 7 to test the links in the PDF.
What version do you have?
Have you applied all current patches to it?

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