Question : Powerpoint 2007 Relative Hyperlinks

I want to have a portable PP2007 presentation that has links to other presentations in the same folder or a sub-folder. I can then give this folder to others to copy to their own folder structure.

I cannot see how to add a relative link, as when I add a link to another presentation it always adds in the fully qualified tree structure: t:\marketing\Misc\Presentations\powerpoint\abc.ppt

I really just want to link to "abc.ppt" or perhaps a relative sub-folder such as "salesresults\xyz.ppt" where "salesresults" is a sub-folder to whereever the main presentation happens to be.

Any help is appreciated

Answer : Powerpoint 2007 Relative Hyperlinks

I don't know that you can do this with subfolders and keep the links relative. Basically, best practices are always to put the file in the same folder with PPT -- not in a subfolder -- and then insert the file / link to it.

If you use Package for CD (and opt not to include the PPT Viewer), it will resolve all the linked files and include them in one (packaged) folder along with the PPT file. I know that's not what you're asking for, but it's the one reliable way I know to make your links relative.

FixLinks Pro might help, not sure. It's available at http://www.pptools.com

Just some thoughts....