Problems with Hyperlinks
Dec 05, 2011
By
Helen Tarbox
I have a package which contains a number of Hyperlinks to other sides in the same presentation.
Each hyperlink is a transparent rectangle placed over the area to be selected, the hyperlink has been set to the Slide number of the slide that it needs to link to.
When I published a copy of this package for the customer to preview the hyperlinks worked fine. I have now added the Audio track and started final testing, only to find that none of the hyperlinks now work.
The only thing that I can think might have changed is that many of the slides are now 'Hidden' in the Navigation Panel.
Could this cause the problem I am experiencing?
Many thanks in advance.
6 Replies
hiding them wont cause this, are your shapes transparent? or did you choose no fill, no stroke, articulate often discards these shapes when publishing, also sometimes if you set the transparency to 99% it fixes this.
One other thing is if you have hidden the shapes in the selection pane they will not publish
Hi Phil
My shapes were set to no fill & no line... I have just amended them to 99% transparent (fill & line) and done a Preview but the hyperlinks still don't work.
In PowerPoint when I run a slideshow the links work ok, so I know that I have the correct slide numbers set for each hyperlink... Do you have any other suggestions?
hyperlinks dont work correctly in preview, but they should at least mouseover (the cursor changes to a hand) if you had no fill and have added a fill you should be able to set it to 100% transparent, no need for a line/stroke.
Check the hyperlinks mouseover in preview, also make sure the shapes are at the front, do you have a ny falsh or web objects on the slide
Can you post the ppt file?
Hi Phil
When viewing as a Preview I could see the change in the mouse pointer but I was expecting the hyperlink to work.
Following your last reply I have published the package and the hyperlinks do work!!!
MANY THANKS for your help/advice - I can now stop panicing.
I have a small PPT file with a slide that has two hyperlinks embedded. They are links to websites. They work in preview just fine- I publish to Web, I upload to the website, and they don't work. Ideas?
Hi Kat, welcome to Heroes!
This article is generally a good place to start if you're having trouble with hyperlinks. Also, what exactly is happening (or not happening) when you click on the published version's links?
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