Microsoft KB Archive/818853

= The hyperlink to a slide does not work when a comma is contained in the title of a slide presentation in PowerPoint =

Article ID: 818853

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
You click a hyperlink to redirect you to a different slide in your slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, or in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. When you do this, the hyperlink does not work.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the slide title to which you hyperlink contains a comma.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, edit the hyperlink to add the slide number and the slide title to the address, and then remove the comma from the address.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: ppt2002 ppt2003 PPT2007

Keywords: kbformat kbweb kbprb KB818853

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