PPT2000: Cannot Save Changes to Hyperlink Settings

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you add or make a change to a hyperlink setting in a large PowerPoint presentation, save and close the file, and then reopen the file, the changes you made are not retained.

CAUSE

PowerPoint stores the hyperlink information in the Document Summary storage area of the presentation. This storage area has a limit of 64 KB. The Document Summary storage contains all the document properties, custom properties, references, and other similar data.

Because the Document Summary storage is used by different aspects of the presentation, there is a finite number of hyperlinks that can be stored in presentation. This is compounded by the fact that the longer the text is for a hyperlink that you have to store, the fewer you can store.

Theoretically you can store upwards of 32 KB of characters in the Document Summary, which translates to approximately 6,500 words. More than half of this is already allocated to dedicated Document Summary items. After the free space is used, no more can be allocated to the presentation.

STATUS

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

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta kbweb kbhtml
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug