Adobe Community: Hyperlinks not working in Presenter

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1. Kev UCLan,

Sep 12, 2008 2:03 AM in reply to D._Fair

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This is the exact same problem we are having with email links. The pptx format exports emails links that work, but if you export a ppt file from v7 of Presenter the links do not work. The drawback again with pptx, is the formating of the text etc in the exported version, you vcan hardly read some if it and it is simple Arial size 12.
If anyone has any ideas? I think this is bug which should be reported.

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2. D._Fair,

Sep 12, 2008 7:03 PM in reply to D._Fair

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I downgraded to Adobe Presenter 6.1, but the hyperlinks still do not work. I am astonished. Surely this is a common use of PowerPoint. Has no one ever used hyperlinks in Adobe Presenter prior to version 7 (which has severe problems with animations and illegible text)?

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3. leo_leo,

Sep 14, 2008 10:08 PM in reply to D._Fair

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I am also using Adobe Presenter 7 with Powerpoint 2007 , i tried hyperlinks from one slide to another and it is working for both PPT and PPTX

Though email hyperlink are working for PPTX only

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4. leo_leo,

Sep 14, 2008 11:05 PM in reply to D._Fair

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You can try the following :

1)Try on a new PPT rather than coming fro PPTX to PPT
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2)Insert hyperlink after presentation(PPTX) has been saved as PPT
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3)Select those hyperlinks in PPT in Powerpoint and right click and select Edit hyperlink and click OK in that window and then publish .

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5. Cheeop,

Oct 27, 2008 12:17 PM in reply to D._Fair

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I have an issue where links don't work - but it's only links in text boxes that have formatting.

So if I add a text box, put some text and a link it, and publish - the links work fine.

If I then add a shadow effect to that text box, and then publish ... the links stop working.

I've spoken with Adobe Platinum Support about this issue. The "workaround" is to not format the text box.

My (only slightly improved) workaround is to create a text box with no text in it. Apply all of your formatting (like shadow) to it. Then create a text box with no formatting, and add your text to that. Put the unformatted text over the formatted text box.

It's not an elegant workaround as it creates extra work, but it's the only way I can think of to get links working in what looks like a formatted text box.

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6. abs72,

Nov 14, 2008 1:56 PM in reply to leo_leo

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I have tried the suggestions here, and I still can't get any links to work going from either PPT or PPTX to Presenter 7. I need to be able to send students to various websites from the course.

This is getting very frustrating, if anyone has figured this out I would love to hear it ;-)

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7. newika01,

Dec 15, 2008 5:12 AM in reply to leo_leo

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quote:

Originally posted by: leo_leo
You can try the following :

1)Try on a new PPT rather than coming fro PPTX to PPT
or
2)Insert hyperlink after presentation(PPTX) has been saved as PPT
or
3)Select those hyperlinks in PPT in Powerpoint and right click and select Edit hyperlink and click OK in that window and then publish .

Hey It's Work!!!. Thank Man..

Merrill

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8. JPericich,

Feb 28, 2012 11:58 AM in reply to D._Fair

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Seriously, after all this time and we still can't get hyperlinks to work after publication???? I have tried the suggestions here and nothing is working.

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9. JPericich,

Feb 28, 2012 12:25 PM in reply to D._Fair

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According to technical support, Presenter does not have the ability to do hyperlinks. The hyperlinks you insert in a PowerPoint document is a PowerPoint function and does not work in Presenter.

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10. Erik Lord,

Mar 8, 2012 2:27 PM in reply to JPericich

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Note that Support is wrong. Embedded links to HTTP address (URLs) or pages within the same 'stack' do work, at least in my (and others') experience.

Once issue may be if you're running the published presentation locally, watch for the Flash Player security warning/dialog...you may have to 'Allow' it for the hyperlinks to work... Otherwise, I defer to the other suggestions here for workarounds.

Erik

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11. JPericich,

Mar 8, 2012 2:32 PM in reply to Erik Lord

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Yes, Support did get back to me and gave me instructions for changing the security setting on Flash. Following are the steps:

Go to http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/se ttings_manager04.html
Select Global Security Settings panel from the Settings Manager list.
In the picture select the radio button for Always allow
Click the down arrow next to Edit locations… and select Add locations
Click the browse for folder button and navigate to your C:\Users\Documents

After doing these steps my hyperlinks worked after publication.

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