I've almost finished my first e learning course! Am having problems with hyperlinks for a branching scenario - I've added shapes over the smart graphics as suggested in each hyperlink - it works fine in a slide show but not when I publish - any sugestions appreciated! I've attached the branching extract.
Yah, people suggest putting the transparent objects above the smart object but who wants a bunch of invisible stuff on their presentation? When you save the smart art as an image and reimport it to add a hyperlink to it, you know where it is because it's not invisible, and you can also copy and paste it and it keeps the link in tact.
All in all, less objects to deal with and faster workflow in my opinion.
One thing to bear in mind is that PPT slide layouts don't seem to like hyperlinks in images/objects etc. That's when you might find it best to drop a 99% transparent shape on top and assign the link to that. Also in slide layouts, ungroup any grouped objects because PPT/Presenter has a strange desire to shrink the published version - ungrouping gets around this.
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Jo, I would save the smart art graphics as images, re-import them, and then add the hyperlinks.
Brilliant thanks - strangely enough when I published it they worked. Will try saving them first next time.
Jo
Yah, people suggest putting the transparent objects above the smart object but who wants a bunch of invisible stuff on their presentation? When you save the smart art as an image and reimport it to add a hyperlink to it, you know where it is because it's not invisible, and you can also copy and paste it and it keeps the link in tact.
All in all, less objects to deal with and faster workflow in my opinion.
One thing to bear in mind is that PPT slide layouts don't seem to like hyperlinks in images/objects etc. That's when you might find it best to drop a 99% transparent shape on top and assign the link to that. Also in slide layouts, ungroup any grouped objects because PPT/Presenter has a strange desire to shrink the published version - ungrouping gets around this.
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