How do I get a PowerPoint hyperlink to open in Firefox vs IE?

[in Asheville@discussions.microsoft.com Ben in Asheville]

How do I get a PowerPoint hyperlink to open in Firefox vs IE? I'm trying to
hyperlink to a website. I've changed the association of the index.html file
to Firefox, yet the PowerPoint still launches IE when the hyperlinked object
is clicked.

[Bill Dilworth]

The hyperlink should open in what Windows considers the default browser to
be. This is based on the machine setting, not anything contained in
PowerPoint.

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vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
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"Ben in Asheville" <Ben in Ashe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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[T Lavedas]

On Sep 23, 11:41 pm, "Bill Dilworth" <vestpr...@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:

> The hyperlink should open in what Windows considers the default browser to
> be.  This is based on the machine setting, not anything contained in
> PowerPoint.
>
> --
> Bill Dilworth
> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team

> Users helping fellow users.http://billdilworth.mvps.org

> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> vestprog2@     Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
> yahoo.             They answer most of our questions.
> com                www.pptfaq.com
> .

> "Ben in Asheville" <Ben in Ashevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> messagenews:53ED5DCA-0DA5-4235...@microsoft.com...

>
> > How do I get a PowerPoint hyperlink to open in Firefox vs IE?  I'm trying
> > to
> > hyperlink to a website.  I've changed the association of the index.html
> > file
> > to Firefox, yet the PowerPoint still launches IE when the hyperlinked
> > object
> > is clicked.

While what you say is certainly true, the OP can simulate a hyperlink
by adding a macro and setting an Action Setting to the target text
(bulleted), where the macro Shells to firefox, something like this ...

Sub hyperlink1()
sCmd = """C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"" " _
& "http://www.somewhere.com/index.html"
Shell sCmd
End Sub

It's a lot more trouble, but is more likely to be transferable to
other machines that have have firefox loaded.

Tom Lavedas
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[Steve Rindsberg]

In article <#HK#xdfHJH...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Bill Dilworth wrote:
> The hyperlink should open in what Windows considers the default browser to
> be. This is based on the machine setting, not anything contained in
> PowerPoint.

According to a couple of other posts on this same subject, my own limited tests
and verification from MS when I reported it as a bug, PPT uses MSIE regardless
of the user's browser preferences.

Wicked, wicked little monkey.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Steve Rindsberg]

> While what you say is certainly true, the OP can simulate a hyperlink
> by adding a macro and setting an Action Setting to the target text
> (bulleted), where the macro Shells to firefox, something like this ...
>
> Sub hyperlink1()
> sCmd = """C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"" "

> & "http://www.somewhere.com/index.html"
> Shell sCmd
> End Sub
>
> It's a lot more trouble, but is more likely to be transferable to
> other machines that have have firefox loaded.

Or of you don't want to include macros, you can use a run program action
setting and give the full path to the program + url like so:

"C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe" "http://www.pptfaq.com"

Pro: no macros
Con: PPT gets in your face about how the world will end if you let this thing
run