PPT97: Unwanted Numbers in Edit Hyperlink Dialog Box

ID: Q176422

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you set the hyperlink properties of an object in Microsoft PowerPoint, either through the Action Settings dialog box or through the Edit Hyperlink dialog box, and set the link to another slide in the same presentation, when you return to the Edit Hyperlink dialog box, the Named Location In File box contains a series of numbers followed by the Slide Title, similar to this:

   257,2,"Slide Title"

CAUSE

The information in the Name Location In File box is correct. This information is the hyperlink's location string. This information is stored in the following format: Slide ID, Slide Number, Slide Title.

NOTE: If the slide has no title, the slide number is used instead, for example, Slide 1.

STATUS

Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes in functionality and product design. You are invited to submit suggestions by filling out the form at the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/regwiz/regwiz.asp

Additional query words: ppt97 ppt98 ppt8 ppt powerpnt powerpt numbers garbage cryptic numeric delimited comma broken junk macppt

Keywords          : kbweb
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 26, 1998