Microsoft KB Archive/161554

= PPT97: Save as HTML Does Not Convert Slash Characters in URLs =

Article ID: 161554

Article Last Modified on 10/7/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161554



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Save As HTML Wizard, and type a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that contains a backslash (\) character rather than a forward slash (/) character, the hyperlink does not work in the finished HTML code.



CAUSE
The Save As HTML Wizard, does not check the syntax of anything you type. Similarly, if you type your email address incorrectly, the hyperlink to send you email does not work either.



RESOLUTION
When you type the URL of your Web page, type it exactly, by using the backslash character rather than the forward slash character.



MORE INFORMATION
If you manually enter a URL in Microsoft Internet Explorer or many other Web browsers, the browser automatically fixes incorrect slash characters For example, if you type:

http:\\www.example.com

Internet Explorer automatically changes this to:

http://www.example.com

Additional query words: 97 8.00 98 www web internet address ppt8

Keywords: kbualink97 kbconversion kbprb kbhtml KB161554

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