New to Hyperlinks - basic question

[olliesf]

I have a PPT with a number of chapters and subchapters hyperlinked together.
Whenever I add new slides to a chapter or subchapter, or move some slides
around, it seems that I have to redo all the hyperlinks. Is there an easier
way to manage the hyperlinks?

Thanks!

 

[olliesf]

I am using the hyperlinks that link to another slide in the presentation. I
don't see a pattern. Should the links stay if I move the slides around?

 

[olliesf]

Hi,

Thanks for your response. There are no commas in the title text of any of
the slides. I am hyperlinking from a text box on one slide to another slide
in the presentation.

 

[Lon]

Do your linked-to slides have titles?

I had the same problem you have, with a presentation whose slides did not
have titles. I fixed the problem by giving each slide a title. However,
since I really did not want the slides to have titles, the "titles" I gave
them were nothing more than consecutive numbers, whose colors matched the
color of each slide's background, so the "titles" didn't show at all.

-Lon

 

[JaneH]

Also have found a problem with slides that have an ampersand ("&") in the
title, the links will not stay with the slide!!

JaneH

 

[Echo S]

Are you sure it's not commas in the titles? I know there's an issue where
you can't link to a slide with a comma in the title, but I wasn't aware of
the ampersand issue... (Now, that doesn't mean the ampersand's not an
issue -- which is why I'm asking!)

 

[JaneH]

Guys you are both absolutely correct it was the commas. I had both in the
title! Must check facts before open mouth. Just assumed it was the
ampersand as I didn't think the humble little comma could possibly be causing
the problem!

 

[Echo S]

No worries, Jane. I know I sure wondered if maybe you had found another
issue with links and punctuation!

The comma thing is because PPT uses a comma in its code when it references a
slide. If there's a comma in the title, too, PPT gets confused. (Or it's
something like that, anyway.)