Microsoft KB Archive/285432

= PPT2002: Presenter Tools: Hyperlink Opens New Window on the Wrong Monitor =

Article ID: 285432

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285432





SYMPTOMS
When you create a presentation containing a hyperlink to a Web page, network location, or other type of file, the destination page or file is displayed in the appropriate application or in a Web browser. However, when you show the presentation as a Slide Show using a second monitor, and you then click the hyperlink, you are unable to control which monitor the application or Web browser appears on.



CAUSE
PowerPoint is unable to control which monitor the application or Web browser appears because this is controlled by the Microsoft Windows operating system.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

 * Move the application or Web browser windows so that they appear on the correct monitor.

Method 2

 * Open the application or Web browser windows before you run the slide show, and then move them so that they appear on the correct monitor.

When you click the hyperlink, the application or Web browser windows appear on the correct monitor.

Method 3


To select the monitor on which you will present the slide show, follow these steps:
 * On the Slide Show menu, click Set Up Show.
 * In the Display slide show on list, click the monitor you want the show to appear on.
 * Click to select the Show Presenter View check box.
 * Click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
When you create a hyperlink to something other than a slide, its destination is encoded as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) such as http://www.Microsoft.com/ or file://Computer Name/Shared Folder/FileName.htm. When you create a hyperlink to a page or file on a local file system, the hyperlink destination is represented by the path to the file, such as C:\Documents and Settings\myname\My Documents\file.xls.

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