I published a presentation and the hyperlinks worked, but I went back and modified some content after reviewing, and now when I publish the hyperlinks do not work. Why would they stop working?
They links externally lead to a MOSS Sharepoint site. These links work in Preview mode. The links are embedded in graphics, which I insterted into PowerPoint.
I even tried to compare the source files from the working module and the non-working module, and I couldn't see a difference in the files.
Were these hyperlinks in PPT? or in your attachments? If they were in PPT, you may want to check the path and see if PPT has not rotated your "/" forward slashes and changed them to "\" back slashes. If you are in PPT 2007, that can happen. If you save your PPT in the 1997-2003 compatible format that will usually solve that issue.
May not be your issue, but it is worth checking out.
Good suggestions, but I checked, and this isn't the case for me.
I think my file is corrupt or something. I took the same graphic wtih the link, put it in a new PP file, published, and it worked.
In the bad file, when I mouse over the linked object, the my curser turns into a hand, so it recognizes the object is hyperlinked, but does nothing when I click on the object.
Sarah, you may be right about the corruption. Copy the slides over to a new presentation and republish. See if they work then and let us know what happens.
Ok, guys. I did what Robert suggested, and the file works on my computer. However, external links don't work when I email the zip file to someone else in my office. I also tried transferring the file to someone elses computer, and it still wont lik (i played the file from the flashdrive and their harddrive).
I'm thinking it's a computer-specific problem. Any ideas why it's working on my computer and not theirs?
Scratch that. I started a whole new PowerPoint--all i put in the PP was a blue rectangle with an link to a webpage. It works in preview mode, but not when I publish.
Thanks for your help guys! I feel so stupid--I checked it in our LMS environment, and they work. Before I was just running the moduld off my desktop. Lesson learned!
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Were these hyperlinks in PPT? or in your attachments? If they were in PPT, you may want to check the path and see if PPT has not rotated your "/" forward slashes and changed them to "\" back slashes. If you are in PPT 2007, that can happen. If you save your PPT in the 1997-2003 compatible format that will usually solve that issue.
May not be your issue, but it is worth checking out.
Good suggestions, but I checked, and this isn't the case for me.
I think my file is corrupt or something. I took the same graphic wtih the link, put it in a new PP file, published, and it worked.
In the bad file, when I mouse over the linked object, the my curser turns into a hand, so it recognizes the object is hyperlinked, but does nothing when I click on the object.
In the new file, have you gone back in and made any changes and re-saved and republished . . . to see if the problem can be replicated?
Sarah, you may be right about the corruption. Copy the slides over to a new presentation and republish. See if they work then and let us know what happens.
Ok, guys. I did what Robert suggested, and the file works on my computer. However, external links don't work when I email the zip file to someone else in my office. I also tried transferring the file to someone elses computer, and it still wont lik (i played the file from the flashdrive and their harddrive).
I'm thinking it's a computer-specific problem. Any ideas why it's working on my computer and not theirs?
Scratch that. I started a whole new PowerPoint--all i put in the PP was a blue rectangle with an link to a webpage. It works in preview mode, but not when I publish.
where are you publishing?
To my desktop. And I've tried publishing to the Articulate Projects folder.
I was just curious, because there are times you need to publish externally to get some things to work properly - Have you seen this article before:
http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=907
Thanks for your help guys! I feel so stupid--I checked it in our LMS environment, and they work. Before I was just running the moduld off my desktop. Lesson learned!
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