hyperlinks no longer open in powerpoint

[Bill]

I get the message "cannot download the information you requested" when I try
to open hyperlinks in powerpoints, that includes new and old powerpoints. ???
I believe I am doing it correctlly and I know that I did it in the past
correct since the older powerpoints worked fine.

 

[Bill]

I have Office 2003. I was hyperlinking to web sites on the new presentation
as well as the older ones I tested. I tried two ways, first I directly
linked-when to the web site, copied the address and pasted it on my slike,
second I right clicked on and opened the insert hyperlink box, clicked
existing file or web page, typed a text, put the web page on the bottom.
niether worked. I done these before, what bothers me is the older ones do not
work. I opened the program on a different computer and things worked fine.

 

[Bill]

I did that and the site opened when I clicked OK, it did not open in the
PowerPoint. I went to our desktop where we also have PowerPoint 2003 and it
worked fine, I also tried on my work computer (I'm a teacher) and it worked
fine????

 

[Bill]

I explored further thinking it must lay beyond the PowerPoint. I found in the
virus/internet security that PowerPoint was blocked. Everything else was open
and I know I used PowerPoint before, however, some how it got blocked, I
opened (allowed) communication with the internet and all appears to be fine.

Thanks for the work, I would not have thought to go there without knowing
what to check first.