FP2000: Links Are Not Updated in PowerPoint Presentations

ID: Q219169


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000


SYMPTOMS

When you move a PowerPoint presentation from its original file location in a FrontPage Web, FrontPage does not update the link to the new file location.

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

  • You publish a PowerPoint Presentation to a FrontPage web.

    -or-

    You save a PowerPoint Presentation to a FrontPage web


  • You move the PowerPoint Presentation file (filename.htm) from its original location in the FrontPage web.



CAUSE

PowerPoint files contain a script that has a redirection to the file, which is relative to the location of the original file. FrontPage does not rewrite these links in the script.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

Additional query words: front page

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999
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