Mr. Flask recently asked:
QUESTION: Dear Sir,
I have prepared a presentation on PowerPoint full of action buttons since the presentation is like a small menu linking to a lot of documents.
The issue I am finding is as follows:
I am copying this presentation including the files on a CD-ROM however, when I try to run this on the CD-ROM the links do not work. Till now i did not find a way of making a link as a relative address.
As a worksaround I linked them to an absolute address to d:\ as the CD-ROM however I'm finding a lot of issues with PCs not having drive D:\ as a CD-ROM.
Can you please help?
ANSWER: Dear Mr. Flask,
I have reviewed your problem and I believe I have a solution for it.
To begin with, you should save your presentation on the desktop. You should then create a folder for your documents. This folder (I will call it "mydocs") should be placed on the desktop also. Copy now all the documents needed in your presentation into this folder.
Your next step will be to create your hyperlinks like you normally do, but this time you will be pointing to the directory of files you have just placed on the desktop. At this point you should change your absolute address to relative one.
If you are using PowerPoint 97, there is a check mark that reads the relative path for hyperlink. When saved, the presentation will save the relative path to that file.
In case you are using PowerPoint XP, you will immediately get the relative link.
Your presentation can be now burned on the CD-ROM. Remember to move the presentation AND the folder on the CD-ROM and it will be compatible with all CD-ROM drives, no matter which drive letter they have.
Written by Igor Raznatovic
