In article <8F781FCC-8992-4D67-B4A5-808474078...@microsoft.com>,
cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. Each file > contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I have > one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully add > hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will and > lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the links, > then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas?
Are you saying that you can't link from this page to other pages? That is odd. If you can't link TO a specific page, the problem is usually because that page has commas in the title. If all your links get messed up, it might be that you have too many hyperlinks (it doesn't seem like this is the problem). I have never heard of not being able to link FROM a particular page. Here are some questions:
(1) What version of PowerPoint are you using? (2) Can you link to things from other slides created after this one? (3) Are you doing the linking before the conversion to PDF or after? (4) What happens if you recreate the slide and try linking?
Thanks for the post David. I finally figured out a work-around though not what I'd planned. I had built a button in Photoshop that I was hyperlinking from PDF file to PDF file (yes, I did the links before export to PDF).
The links that were not working were jumps to different pages within one .ppt generated PDF. I rebuilt the page and using the buttons and it still did not work. I discarded the buttons and links to text on the page and the links worked. Go figure? So the problem stems just from linking within one .ppt file. -- Thanks, cjb
> > I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. Each file > > contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I have > > one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully add > > hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will and > > lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the links, > > then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas?
> Are you saying that you can't link from this page to other pages? That > is odd. If you can't link TO a specific page, the problem is usually > because that page has commas in the title. If all your links get messed > up, it might be that you have too many hyperlinks (it doesn't seem like > this is the problem). I have never heard of not being able to link FROM > a particular page. Here are some questions:
> (1) What version of PowerPoint are you using? > (2) Can you link to things from other slides created after this one? > (3) Are you doing the linking before the conversion to PDF or after? > (4) What happens if you recreate the slide and try linking?
Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file are:
(1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can then put the comma back in).
(2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on the amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few more:
(3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
(4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part of the object won't link.
(5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
--David
In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>,
cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Thanks for the post David. I finally figured out a work-around though not > what I'd planned. I had built a button in Photoshop that I was hyperlinking > from PDF file to PDF file (yes, I did the links before export to PDF).
> The links that were not working were jumps to different pages within one > .ppt generated PDF. I rebuilt the page and using the buttons and it still did > not work. I discarded the buttons and links to text on the page and the links > worked. Go figure? So the problem stems just from linking within one .ppt > file. > -- > Thanks, cjb
> "David Marcovitz" wrote:
> > In article <8F781FCC-8992-4D67-B4A5-808474078...@microsoft.com>, > > cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. Each > > > file > > > contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I > > > have > > > one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully add > > > hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will > > > and > > > lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the > > > links, > > > then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas?
> > Are you saying that you can't link from this page to other pages? That > > is odd. If you can't link TO a specific page, the problem is usually > > because that page has commas in the title. If all your links get messed > > up, it might be that you have too many hyperlinks (it doesn't seem like > > this is the problem). I have never heard of not being able to link FROM > > a particular page. Here are some questions:
> > (1) What version of PowerPoint are you using? > > (2) Can you link to things from other slides created after this one? > > (3) Are you doing the linking before the conversion to PDF or after? > > (4) What happens if you recreate the slide and try linking?
> > --David
> > -- > > David Marcovitz > > Microsoft PowerPoint MVP > > Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ > > http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>, Cjb wrote: > Thanks for the post David. I finally figured out a work-around though not > what I'd planned. I had built a button in Photoshop that I was hyperlinking > from PDF file to PDF file (yes, I did the links before export to PDF).
> The links that were not working were jumps to different pages within one > ..ppt generated PDF. I rebuilt the page and using the buttons and it still did > not work. I discarded the buttons and links to text on the page and the links > worked. Go figure? So the problem stems just from linking within one .ppt > file.
I'm unclear on something: is it the links in the PPT that aren't working or is it the links in the PDF generated FROM the PPT that aren't working?
I'm hitting the limit in Powerpoint 2007. I've broken my presentation into several smaller presentations, but it is still an issue. Do you know of any workaround or if the limit can be removed? I have 36 links. All 36 are on one slide, then the small presentations each have six slides and there's six small presentations. Thirty-six doesn't seem like that many, but I'm also using lots of graphics - does that have an effect. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated!
David Marcovitz wrote:
Re: Hyperlink dilemna 24-Mar-09
Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file are:
(1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can then put the comma back in).
(2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on the amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few more:
(3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
(4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part of the object won't link.
(5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
--David
In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>,
Hyperlink dilemna I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. Each file contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I have one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully add hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will and lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the links, then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas? -- Thanks, cjb
On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:34 AM
David Marcovitz wrote:
Re: Hyperlink dilemna In article <8F781FCC-8992-4D67-B4A5-808474078...@microsoft.com>,
Are you saying that you can't link from this page to other pages? That is odd. If you can't link TO a specific page, the problem is usually because that page has commas in the title. If all your links get messed up, it might be that you have too many hyperlinks (it doesn't seem like this is the problem). I have never heard of not being able to link FROM a particular page. Here are some questions:
(1) What version of PowerPoint are you using? (2) Can you link to things from other slides created after this one? (3) Are you doing the linking before the conversion to PDF or after? (4) What happens if you recreate the slide and try linking?
Thanks for the post David. Thanks for the post David. I finally figured out a work-around though not what I'd planned. I had built a button in Photoshop that I was hyperlinking from PDF file to PDF file (yes, I did the links before export to PDF).
The links that were not working were jumps to different pages within one ..ppt generated PDF. I rebuilt the page and using the buttons and it still did not work. I discarded the buttons and links to text on the page and the links worked. Go figure? So the problem stems just from linking within one .ppt file. -- Thanks, cjb
"David Marcovitz" wrote:
On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:10 PM
David Marcovitz wrote:
Re: Hyperlink dilemna Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file are:
(1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can then put the comma back in).
(2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on the amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few more:
(3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
(4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part of the object won't link.
(5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
--David
In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>,
> I'm hitting the limit in Powerpoint 2007. I've broken my presentation into > several smaller presentations, but it is still an issue. Do you know of > any workaround or if the limit can be removed? I have 36 links. All 36 > are on one slide, then the small presentations each have six slides and > there's six small presentations. Thirty-six doesn't seem like that many, > but I'm also using lots of graphics - does that have an effect. Any help > you can give would be greatly appreciated!
> David Marcovitz wrote:
> Re: Hyperlink dilemna > 24-Mar-09
> Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file are:
> (1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove > the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can > then put the comma back in).
> (2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on the > amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
> I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few more:
> (3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object > instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
> (4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text > boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part > of the object won't link.
> (5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of > PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
> --David
> In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>, > cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:28 AM > cj wrote:
> Hyperlink dilemna > I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. Each > file > contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I > have > one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully add > hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will and > lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the > links, > then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas? > -- > Thanks, cjb
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:34 AM > David Marcovitz wrote:
> Are you saying that you can't link from this page to other pages? That > is odd. If you can't link TO a specific page, the problem is usually > because that page has commas in the title. If all your links get messed > up, it might be that you have too many hyperlinks (it doesn't seem like > this is the problem). I have never heard of not being able to link FROM > a particular page. Here are some questions:
> (1) What version of PowerPoint are you using? > (2) Can you link to things from other slides created after this one? > (3) Are you doing the linking before the conversion to PDF or after? > (4) What happens if you recreate the slide and try linking?
> Thanks for the post David. > Thanks for the post David. I finally figured out a work-around though not > what I'd planned. I had built a button in Photoshop that I was > hyperlinking > from PDF file to PDF file (yes, I did the links before export to PDF).
> The links that were not working were jumps to different pages within one > .ppt generated PDF. I rebuilt the page and using the buttons and it still > did > not work. I discarded the buttons and links to text on the page and the > links > worked. Go figure? So the problem stems just from linking within one .ppt > file. > -- > Thanks, cjb
> "David Marcovitz" wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:10 PM > David Marcovitz wrote:
> Re: Hyperlink dilemna > Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file are:
> (1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove > the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can > then put the comma back in).
> (2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on the > amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
> I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few more:
> (3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object > instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
> (4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text > boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part > of the object won't link.
> (5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of > PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
> --David
> In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>, > cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:30 PM > Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> I'm unclear on something: is it the links in the PPT that aren't working > or is > it the links in the PDF generated FROM the PPT that aren't working?
Thirty-six links doesn't seem like that much. However, the size of links is based on the slide title, not just the number of links because there is a storage limit for how much space to store links, not the number of links, and slide titles are included in the space. One possible workaround is to shorten your slide titles. However, I am skeptical that you are hitting the link limit, rather than running into some other problem.
--David
On 11/12/09 4:42 PM, in article 2009111216425sharon.car...@nisc.coop,
"<sharon carver>" <> wrote: > I'm hitting the limit in Powerpoint 2007. I've broken my presentation into > several smaller presentations, but it is still an issue. Do you know of any > workaround or if the limit can be removed? I have 36 links. All 36 are on one > slide, then the small presentations each have six slides and there's six small > presentations. Thirty-six doesn't seem like that many, but I'm also using > lots of graphics - does that have an effect. Any help you can give would be > greatly appreciated!
> David Marcovitz wrote:
> Re: Hyperlink dilemna > 24-Mar-09
> Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file are:
> (1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove > the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can > then put the comma back in).
> (2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on the > amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
> I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few more:
> (3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object > instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
> (4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text > boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part > of the object won't link.
> (5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of > PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
> --David
> In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>, > cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:28 AM > cj wrote:
> Hyperlink dilemna > I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. Each file > contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I have > one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully add > hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will and > lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the links, > then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas?
-- David M. Marcovitz Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
> Thirty-six links doesn't seem like that much. However, the size of links is > based on the slide title, not just the number of links because there is a > storage limit for how much space to store links, not the number of links,
And fwiw, you'll hear 64k bandied about as the storage limit. It's not. The MS KB page on this starts out babbling about 64k worth of storage for something or other that's not relevant.
It goes on to say that only half of that is available for something other vaguely described thing.
And then it mentions that more than half of that half is allocated to something other than links.
So now we're down less than half of half of 64k. < 16k.
And that's shared with various (mostly unspecified) OTHER stuff. Custom doc properties is the only one I know of.
But assuming that custom doc properties are not in use, 16k over 36 slides works out to well over 400 characters per slide title. So this is well founded:
> However, I am skeptical that you are hitting the > link limit, rather than running into some other problem.
> --David
> On 11/12/09 4:42 PM, in article 2009111216425sharon.car...@nisc.coop, > "<sharon carver>" <> wrote:
> > I'm hitting the limit in Powerpoint 2007. I've broken my presentation into > > several smaller presentations, but it is still an issue. Do you know of any > > workaround or if the limit can be removed? I have 36 links. All 36 are on one > > slide, then the small presentations each have six slides and there's six small > > presentations. Thirty-six doesn't seem like that many, but I'm also using > > lots of graphics - does that have an effect. Any help you can give would be > > greatly appreciated!
> > David Marcovitz wrote:
> > Re: Hyperlink dilemna > > 24-Mar-09
> > Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file are:
> > (1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove > > the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can > > then put the comma back in).
> > (2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on the > > amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
> > I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few more:
> > (3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object > > instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
> > (4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text > > boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part > > of the object won't link.
> > (5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of > > PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
> > --David
> > In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>, > > cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Previous Posts In This Thread:
> > On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:28 AM > > cj wrote:
> > Hyperlink dilemna > > I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. Each file > > contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I have > > one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully add > > hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will and > > lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the links, > > then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas?
But the poster says she's using PPT 2007, and it isn't supposed to have this link limit.
There are, though, issues with linking to "previous slide," and "next slide," and that type of thing as opposed to just linking to a specific slide number. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926953 Apparently this is an issue when saving as 97-2003 format, though.
Of course, saving as a PPT (97-2003 format file) instead of a PPTX could indeed invoke the hyperlink limit as well as cause the aforementioned issue. But again, saving as PPTX is *supposed* to make this not be a problem.
>> Thirty-six links doesn't seem like that much. However, the size of links >> is >> based on the slide title, not just the number of links because there is a >> storage limit for how much space to store links, not the number of links,
> And fwiw, you'll hear 64k bandied about as the storage limit. > It's not. The MS KB page on this starts out babbling about 64k worth of > storage > for something or other that's not relevant.
> It goes on to say that only half of that is available for something other > vaguely > described thing.
> And then it mentions that more than half of that half is allocated to > something > other than links.
> So now we're down less than half of half of 64k. < 16k.
> And that's shared with various (mostly unspecified) OTHER stuff. Custom > doc > properties is the only one I know of.
> But assuming that custom doc properties are not in use, 16k over 36 slides > works > out to well over 400 characters per slide title. So this is well founded:
>> However, I am skeptical that you are hitting the >> link limit, rather than running into some other problem.
>> --David
>> On 11/12/09 4:42 PM, in article 2009111216425sharon.car...@nisc.coop, >> "<sharon carver>" <> wrote:
>> > I'm hitting the limit in Powerpoint 2007. I've broken my presentation >> > into >> > several smaller presentations, but it is still an issue. Do you know of >> > any >> > workaround or if the limit can be removed? I have 36 links. All 36 are >> > on one >> > slide, then the small presentations each have six slides and there's >> > six small >> > presentations. Thirty-six doesn't seem like that many, but I'm also >> > using >> > lots of graphics - does that have an effect. Any help you can give >> > would be >> > greatly appreciated!
>> > David Marcovitz wrote:
>> > Re: Hyperlink dilemna >> > 24-Mar-09
>> > Well, as I said, the two known issues for linking within a PPT file >> > are:
>> > (1) linking to a slide with a comma in the title does not work; remove >> > the comma from the title and relink (some have reported that you can >> > then put the comma back in).
>> > (2) having too many hyperlinks as PowerPoint has a (hidden) limit on >> > the >> > amount of space it has to store hyperlink information.
>> > I'm not aware of any other linking issues. Actually, here are a few >> > more:
>> > (3) If you are linking an object and you link text within that object >> > instead of the object, then only the text will be the link.
>> > (4) If you put any shape over an object (my students sometimes put text >> > boxes over objects instead of adding text to objects), the covered part >> > of the object won't link.
>> > (5) If the shape you are linking is transparent, some versions of >> > PowerPoint and the Viewer will let you click on it and some won't.
>> > --David
>> > In article <4C4002AC-92D1-4A7D-A113-C96E4CBED...@microsoft.com>, >> > cjb <c...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> > Previous Posts In This Thread:
>> > On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:28 AM >> > cj wrote:
>> > Hyperlink dilemna >> > I've created a series of .ppt files and exported them as PDF files. >> > Each file >> > contains links to other PDF files or other pages within the PDF file. I >> > have >> > one page in one of .ppt files that will not allow me to successfully >> > add >> > hyperlinks. When I tell it to add the links, it acts as though it will >> > and >> > lets me choose the file or page to link to. I have tried deleting the >> > links, >> > then reassigned them a couple of times. Nothing works. Any ideas?
In article <OW4lXQIZKHA.5...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Echo S wrote: > But the poster says she's using PPT 2007, and it isn't supposed to have this > link limit.
I can find MSDocs that say that there's no limit on links to external files after 2002 and vaguely recall something about internal links supposedly being fixed in 2007 but haven't seen anything that explicitly says so.
So I think you may be right, but Got URL? ;-)
Then too, HOW many times has the Red-X problem been banished for good now?
> There are, though, issues with linking to "previous slide," and "next > slide," and that type of thing as opposed to just linking to a specific > slide number. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926953 Apparently this is > an issue when saving as 97-2003 format, though.
> Of course, saving as a PPT (97-2003 format file) instead of a PPTX could > indeed invoke the hyperlink limit as well as cause the aforementioned issue. > But again, saving as PPTX is *supposed* to make this not be a problem.
And if the file were either backsaved or opened in an earlier version with the compat pack installed (implicit backsave), the links could get hosed. And stay hosed when the file's opened again in 2007 and resaved as PPTX.
IOW, if you don't know the history of the file, it's hard to say.
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