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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / November 2007URL Hyperlinks in Action Buttons
I've tried to create an action button (custom, with text) that links to a web page residing in the same folder as the PPT file. I want to use just the file name (xyz.htm) so that the whole folder remains portable. But powerpoint keeps prefixing the file name with http:// resulting in a Page Not Found error. Such links work fine when assigned to words or phrases, pictures and other objects... just not action buttons. Any ideas? Hi Instead of using Hyperlink to -> URL..., use Hyperlink to -> Other File... Or instead of using an action setting, use a hyperlink (ctrl+k) -> existing file or webpage. Lucy  SignatureMOS Master Instructor www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au > I've tried to create an action button (custom, with text) that links to a web > page residing in the same folder as the PPT file. I want to use just the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas? Hi, Lucy, Thanks for the quick response. Hope you're having a nice summer! Your first suggestion results in the complete path to the target file in the link: C:\projects\customer26\xyz.htm. Clearly, this won't work when I upload to my web server or burn the project file to a CD. Your second suggestion, ctrl-K, when focused on the action button simply opens the same Action Settings dialogue box with the same problem. I know that I can draw a button object and assign to it a hyperlink, but it won't have the 3-D animation of the action button that's desirable and consistent with he other action buttons I use in the navigation. FYI, I'm using PPT 2003. ANy other ideas? > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > Any ideas? Hello As long as the files are in the same folder you should be fine. I have tested moving the whole folder & links didn't break, and I tested uploading the two files to my website & it worked just fine too (you can have a look here but it's not pretty http://www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au/test.htm). The CD won't be a problem - you just have to tick 'include linked files' under options. Summer is great thanks - currently 33 degrees C outside :-) I think that's 90 in F SignatureMOS Master Instructor www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au > Hi, Lucy, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > > > > > Any ideas? Have a look here: Show me the link and let me edit it http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00433.htm As long as the linked file is in the same folder as the PPT, you should be able to use the suggestions there to edit the link; remove the drive and path but leave the file name. I think that might be all it takes. But avoid filenames with spaces or other unusual punctuation if you want this to work reliably. > Your first suggestion results in the complete path to the target file in the > link: C:\projects\customer26\xyz.htm. Clearly, this won't work when I upload [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > > > > Any ideas? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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