Microsoft KB Archive/113372

PPT: Linked Objects Don’t Update in PowerPoint Viewer

PSS ID Number: Q113372 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

windows:3.0,4.0,4.0a

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, and 4.0a == 

= SUMMARY =

When opening a presentation in PowerPoint for Windows, you will get a message that links are being updated, if the presentation contains linked objects. The presentation will then reflect the most current changes to the supporting files.

If you open that same presentation in the PowerPoint Viewer, the links are not updated. If there have been changes to the supporting files since the last time the presentation was opened and saved from PowerPoint, those changes are not reflected when viewing the presentation using the PowerPoint Viewer.

This is by design, since typically PowerPoint Viewer is used to display a presentation on a computer other than the one used to create the presentation and the supporting linked documents are generally unavailable.

Additional query words: OLE object linking refresh update winppt macppt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage kbviewer Version : windows:3.0,4.0,4.0a Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.