Issues with links

Have you uploaded the course, or are you testing using a local version?

If you are using a local veersion hyperlinks to other domains will not work because of flash security.

hyperlinks can get broken by ppt, the forward slashes are swapped for back slashes, you can write a macro to swap them back, its not really a problem when you test locally because windows treats backslashes and forward slashes the same, but a server doesnt

Hi Phil,

Thanks for your reply. Please note that I have not yet uploaded the course. I am testing it locally.

I understand from your post, that once I upload the course, the links should work, right?

Can you also let me know how to write a macro to swap the slashes, and also the code that will be required.

When you upload the course the links should work, I have pasted the code below for a macro, you need to enable the developer tab in ppt and the create a new macro and paste the code at this link

http://www.emediainnovations.com/moodle/file.php/4/Articulate_Power_Tips/Hyperlinks_to_Engage_Glossary_Items/data/downloads/Hyperlink_Search_Replace_Macro.txt

Hope this helps

then run the macro and when promted type \ at first prompt and / at second

Hi Phil,

Thank you so much for your help. The links did work when I uploaded the course.