Using Linked Files and Displaying Linked Files

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Ron McKenzie - 28 Sep 2006 02:23 GMT

1. I have a PP slide show that includes some pages with one or more
links to other files to display (PDFs and PNGs, primarily). When I'm
walking through the slide show and click on one (any one of them) these
linked files, PP changes to display the main "work" window (not the full
screen window that is calling the linked file) with the linked file on top.

2. In addition, the PP asks me every time whether or not I really want
to open the file whose link I just clicked.

How do I disable PP so it does not ask the question,
and
How do I set it so the calling screen and the called file are visible
but not the "work" window?

Thanks,

Ron

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CyberTaz - 29 Sep 2006 17:45 GMT

Sorry, Ron, but that is what OLE (Object Linking & Embedding) is all about.
The 'object' is displayed on the slide as merely a graphic rendering of what
the Linked/Embedded file contains or as an icon. That file is typically one
that the host program - in this case, PPt - did not create and *cannot*
open. When you dbl-clk the object you are essentially asking for the file to
be opened, so PPt is summoning the appropriate program... it isn't just a
matter of 'displaying a different slide' or importing the object's content
to the current slide.

If you want the content of the source file to display on a slide you will
have to put it _on a slide_ & if the content is too big you'll have to find
a way to split it up onto multiple slides.

Re #2, this is a Security issue in place by default because PPt has no idea
what may be in the file it's being asked have opened by another program. I'm
not on the Mac to confirm & itmay vary with version, but I believe there is
Preference setting where you can remove a check pertaining to the warning.

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Bob Jones
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> 1. I have a PP slide show that includes some pages with one or more links
> to other files to display (PDFs and PNGs, primarily). When I'm walking
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> Ron

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Using Linked Files and Displaying Linked Files