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Powerpoint 2000: Path of picture inserted as link to file
I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 2000. In Powerpoint, I insert a
PNG graphics file as a link using Insert-Picture-FromFile, then click Link-to-file. The inserted picture is in fact a link because it shows a place-holder icon when the external PNG file is unavailable. However, there is no other indication that the picture is a link. One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, but nothing in the context menu indicates that the picture is a link. Double-clicking the picture doesn't do anything. In addition to being able to tell whether a picture is a link, ideally, I'd like to find the path of the source file for the link. Is there a way to do this? I tried a different way of linking in external pictures. From the explorer window, I right-click on the PNG picture file and select copy. Then, within the Powerpoint slide, I do Edit-PasteSpecial, choose PasteLink, and select the only option that makes sense, "Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Object". Right-clicking on the resulting picture *does* give indication that it is a link. However, getting the external file path is arduously round-about. One as to open the source file from the link, then go through the motions of Save-As to get the file path (without actually committing to saving the file). A more direct way is desparately welcome. Thanks for any suggestions on this. |
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Powerpoint 2000: Path of picture inserted as link to file
Mister Fred
today is your lucky day.... Show me the link and let me edit it http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00433.htm One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, PS. I too do find it amazing that you cannot just 'do this' in powerpoint Cheers TAJ Simmons microsoft powerpoint mvp awesome - powerpoint backgrounds, http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more... wrote in message oups.com... I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 2000. In Powerpoint, I insert a PNG graphics file as a link using Insert-Picture-FromFile, then click Link-to-file. The inserted picture is in fact a link because it shows a place-holder icon when the external PNG file is unavailable. However, there is no other indication that the picture is a link. One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, but nothing in the context menu indicates that the picture is a link. Double-clicking the picture doesn't do anything. In addition to being able to tell whether a picture is a link, ideally, I'd like to find the path of the source file for the link. Is there a way to do this? I tried a different way of linking in external pictures. From the explorer window, I right-click on the PNG picture file and select copy. Then, within the Powerpoint slide, I do Edit-PasteSpecial, choose PasteLink, and select the only option that makes sense, "Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Object". Right-clicking on the resulting picture *does* give indication that it is a link. However, getting the external file path is arduously round-about. One as to open the source file from the link, then go through the motions of Save-As to get the file path (without actually committing to saving the file). A more direct way is desparately welcome. Thanks for any suggestions on this. |
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Powerpoint 2000: Path of picture inserted as link to file
This vba should do it for you
Sub linking() On Error GoTo errhandler With ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange If .Type = 11 Then MsgBox "This is a linked picture, path " & .LinkFormat.SourceFullName Else: MsgBox "This is NOT a linked picture" End If End With Exit Sub errhandler: MsgBox "Is something selected?" End Sub If you are not sure how to use it there's a tutorial on PowerPoint Alchemy -- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk " wrote: I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 2000. In Powerpoint, I insert a PNG graphics file as a link using Insert-Picture-FromFile, then click Link-to-file. The inserted picture is in fact a link because it shows a place-holder icon when the external PNG file is unavailable. However, there is no other indication that the picture is a link. One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, but nothing in the context menu indicates that the picture is a link. Double-clicking the picture doesn't do anything. In addition to being able to tell whether a picture is a link, ideally, I'd like to find the path of the source file for the link. Is there a way to do this? I tried a different way of linking in external pictures. From the explorer window, I right-click on the PNG picture file and select copy. Then, within the Powerpoint slide, I do Edit-PasteSpecial, choose PasteLink, and select the only option that makes sense, "Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Object". Right-clicking on the resulting picture *does* give indication that it is a link. However, getting the external file path is arduously round-about. One as to open the source file from the link, then go through the motions of Save-As to get the file path (without actually committing to saving the file). A more direct way is desparately welcome. Thanks for any suggestions on this. |
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Powerpoint 2000: Path of picture inserted as link to file
On Mar 20, 3:08 pm, "TAJ Simmons"
today is your lucky day.... Show me the link and let me edit ithttp://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00433.htm One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, PS. I too do find it amazing that you cannot just 'do this' in powerpoint Cheers TAJ Simmons microsoft powerpoint mvp Wow. Thanks, TAJ. I was unnerved by the script, since it is completely outside my experience. But a colleague showed me the mechanics of setting up the code. Works like a wonder. Thanks again! Fred wrote in message oups.com... I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 2000. In Powerpoint, I insert a PNG graphics file as a link using Insert-Picture-FromFile, then click Link-to-file. The inserted picture is in fact a link because it shows a place-holder icon when the external PNG file is unavailable. However, there is no other indication that the picture is a link. One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, but nothing in the context menu indicates that the picture is a link. Double-clicking the picture doesn't do anything. In addition to being able to tell whether a picture is a link, ideally, I'd like to find the path of the source file for the link. Is there a way to do this? I tried a different way of linking in external pictures. From the explorer window, I right-click on the PNG picture file and select copy. Then, within the Powerpoint slide, I do Edit-PasteSpecial, choose PasteLink, and select the only option that makes sense, "Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Object". Right-clicking on the resulting picture *does* give indication that it is a link. However, getting the external file path is arduously round-about. One as to open the source file from the link, then go through the motions of Save-As to get the file path (without actually committing to saving the file). A more direct way is desparately welcome. Thanks for any suggestions on this. |
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Powerpoint 2000: Path of picture inserted as link to file
On Mar 20, 3:09 pm, John Wilson john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk
wrote: This vba should do it for you Sub linking() On Error GoTo errhandler With ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange If .Type = 11 Then MsgBox "This is a linked picture, path " & .LinkFormat.SourceFullName Else: MsgBox "This is NOT a linked picture" End If End With Exit Sub errhandler: MsgBox "Is something selected?" End Sub If you are not sure how to use it there's a tutorial on PowerPoint Alchemy Thanks, John! These macros are like magic to a non-windows person. A colleague showed me how to set them up for use, but your reference to PowerPoint Alchemy should come in handy when I want to peer under the hood myself! Fred " wrote: I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 2000. In Powerpoint, I insert a PNG graphics file as a link using Insert-Picture-FromFile, then click Link-to-file. The inserted picture is in fact a link because it shows a place-holder icon when the external PNG file is unavailable. However, there is no other indication that the picture is a link. One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, but nothing in the context menu indicates that the picture is a link. Double-clicking the picture doesn't do anything. In addition to being able to tell whether a picture is a link, ideally, I'd like to find the path of the source file for the link. Is there a way to do this? I tried a different way of linking in external pictures. From the explorer window, I right-click on the PNG picture file and select copy. Then, within the Powerpoint slide, I do Edit-PasteSpecial, choose PasteLink, and select the only option that makes sense, "Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Object". Right-clicking on the resulting picture *does* give indication that it is a link. However, getting the external file path is arduously round-about. One as to open the source file from the link, then go through the motions of Save-As to get the file path (without actually committing to saving the file). A more direct way is desparately welcome. Thanks for any suggestions on this. |
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Powerpoint 2000: Path of picture inserted as link to file
http://www.pptools.com/fixlinks/
The free demo there will give you a list of the OLE and image links in your presentation, including the path to the source files. OLE linking to images may not be the most efficient way to go, depending on your objectives. It can create rather porked up files, for example. You can also do Insert, Picture, From File, browse to the file you want, click the downarrow next to Insert and chose Link To File. These links are about as likely to go bad as the other type, but the free FixLinks demo will make them pathless, so that as long as the images and PPT stay in the same folder, all will be well. In article .com, wrote: I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 2000. In Powerpoint, I insert a PNG graphics file as a link using Insert-Picture-FromFile, then click Link-to-file. The inserted picture is in fact a link because it shows a place-holder icon when the external PNG file is unavailable. However, there is no other indication that the picture is a link. One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, but nothing in the context menu indicates that the picture is a link. Double-clicking the picture doesn't do anything. In addition to being able to tell whether a picture is a link, ideally, I'd like to find the path of the source file for the link. Is there a way to do this? I tried a different way of linking in external pictures. From the explorer window, I right-click on the PNG picture file and select copy. Then, within the Powerpoint slide, I do Edit-PasteSpecial, choose PasteLink, and select the only option that makes sense, "Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Object". Right-clicking on the resulting picture *does* give indication that it is a link. However, getting the external file path is arduously round-about. One as to open the source file from the link, then go through the motions of Save-As to get the file path (without actually committing to saving the file). A more direct way is desparately welcome. Thanks for any suggestions on this. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Powerpoint 2000: Path of picture inserted as link to file
On Mar 20, 6:14 pm, Steve Rindsberg wrote:
http://www.pptools.com/fixlinks/ The free demo there will give you a list of the OLE and image links in your presentation, including the path to the source files. OLE linking to images may not be the most efficient way to go, depending on your objectives. It can create rather porked up files, for example. You can also do Insert, Picture, From File, browse to the file you want, click the downarrow next to Insert and chose Link To File. These links are about as likely to go bad as the other type, but the free FixLinks demo will make them pathless, so that as long as the images and PPT stay in the same folder, all will be well. Thanks, Steve. At the moment, all I want to do is establish what the path is of a linked file. But the functionality described looks interesting for potential future use. Fred In article .com, wrote: I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 2000. In Powerpoint, I insert a PNG graphics file as a link using Insert-Picture-FromFile, then click Link-to-file. The inserted picture is in fact a link because it shows a place-holder icon when the external PNG file is unavailable. However, there is no other indication that the picture is a link. One would expect right-click to pop up a context menu form which Properties could be chosen, but nothing in the context menu indicates that the picture is a link. Double-clicking the picture doesn't do anything. In addition to being able to tell whether a picture is a link, ideally, I'd like to find the path of the source file for the link. Is there a way to do this? I tried a different way of linking in external pictures. From the explorer window, I right-click on the PNG picture file and select copy. Then, within the Powerpoint slide, I do Edit-PasteSpecial, choose PasteLink, and select the only option that makes sense, "Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Object". Right-clicking on the resulting picture *does* give indication that it is a link. However, getting the external file path is arduously round-about. One as to open the source file from the link, then go through the motions of Save-As to get the file path (without actually committing to saving the file). A more direct way is desparately welcome. Thanks for any suggestions on this. |
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