Article ID: 555478 - Last Review: December 1, 2005 - Revision: 1.0

Links or Macros do not work in files with long file names or file names with special characters

Author: Glenna Shaw MVP
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SUMMARY

Links to slides within a presentation and/or Macros assigned to Action Settings may stop working when the presentation is saved with a long file name or a file name with special characters
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SYMPTOMS

Links to slides within a presentation may stop working when the presentation is saved with a long file name or a file name with special characters (such as an exclamation point).  Objects with Macros as an Action Setting may stop working when the presentation is saved with a file name with special characters (such as an exclamation point).
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CAUSE

PowerPoint uses the file name as part of the link for hyperlinks within a presentation.  Since a finite amount of storage is available for hyperlinks, long file names will use up this space more quickly.
Special characters in a file name may also cause the hyperlinks and/or macros to stop working.
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RESOLUTION

Shorten the presentation file name and remove all special characters.
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MORE INFORMATION

You cannot save changes to hyperlink settings in PowerPoint (http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;Q249209)
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
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Keywords: 
kbpubmvp kbpubtypecca kbhowto KB555478
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