Microsoft KB Archive/895331

= The first slide of a linked presentation may not appear in PowerPoint 2003 =

Article ID: 895331

Article Last Modified on 9/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SYMPTOMS
When you use an action button in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation to link to another presentation, the first slide of the linked presentation does not appear.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if the numbering of the slides in the linked presentation starts at zero.



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Office 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

After you install the service pack, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;How to enable the hotfix&quot; section of the article to set the  registry key and to activate the hotfix.

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the PowerPoint 2003 Hotfix Package 899406. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

899406 Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 7, 2005

How to enable the hotfix
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To enable this hotfix, follow these steps:  Quit PowerPoint 2003. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click to select the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Options

 After you select the key that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value. Type ForceHyperlinks1Based, and then press ENTER. Right-click ForceHyperlinks1Based, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: powerpoint2003 powerpoint2k3 ppt2003 ppt2k3

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbregistry kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kbslideshow kbpubtypekc kboffice2003presp3fix KB895331

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