atw: Re: Problems with embedding files into Powerpoint and PDF files
- From: Ilana Cohney <idcohney@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 17:50:36 +1000
Neil and all others who responded to my plea for help,
Just wanted to say thank you for this advice about showing objects in
Powerpoint in Slideshow mode. It works beautifully and really saved me!
all the best
Ilana
On 29 June 2010 14:10, Neil Maloney <maloneyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Ilana,
>
> The following may help, it talks about an "Action Settings" option for
> embedded objects (in this case, a PDF file):
>
>
> http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Office/microsoft.public.powerpoint/2009-02/msg00356.html
>
> The relevant text is:
>
> Insert a PDF using Insert, Object, Create from File and pick the PDF.
>
> Right click the inserted PDF, choose Action Settings.
> In the Mouse Click tab of the dialog box, choose Object Action.
> Open will probably be the only available choice in the dropdown. That's
> what
> you want.
>
> Click OK.
>
> The PDF should now open when clicked in Slide Show view, leaving the
> PPT show
> open behind it.
>
> ... I'm not a PowerPoint user so I can't try this out for you before
> sending!
>
> Cheers,
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On 29/06/2010 1:56 PM, Ilana Cohney wrote:
>
> Thanks to those who offered help with my problem,
>
> I understand now why my PDF links did not work. I actually needed to embed
> the documents into the PDF document, not link them. I decided that the
> easiest way would be to add the documents that I wanted to link to as
> additional pages to the main document. This way my internal hyperlinks work
> everytime. These files need to stand alone as they are being sent globally
> and I cannot ensure that any linked attachments will remain together with
> the main document.
>
> Thanks every one for your help.
> Any clues why is it possible to open an embedded object in Normal view in
> MS Powerpoint, but not in Slideshow view? Hope this is not a standard MS
> Powerpoint feature.
>
> Ilana
>
>
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