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Article ID: 818853 - Last Review: November 21, 2007 - Revision: 5.1
The hyperlink to a slide does not work when a comma is contained in the title of a slide presentation in PowerPoint
SYMPTOMS
You click a hyperlink to redirect you to a different slide in your slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint
2002, in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, or in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. When you do this, the hyperlink does not
work.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the slide title to which you hyperlink contains a comma.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, edit the hyperlink to add the slide number and the slide title to the address, and then remove the comma from the address.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
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