lneidorf
06-25-2007, 09:05 AM
Hi there.
I've created an extensive organization chart that spans many slides and files. I have broken things up and used hyperlinks to allow the user to navigate seamlessly between files as if they were all one presentation.
It only recently dawned on me that as the user clicks on various hyperlinks, effectively opening multiple files, that all the files are open and remain in memory. This creates two problems: 1) a memory issue, given the multitude of Powerpoint files that could be open; and 2) a problem with exiting the slideshows as the user has to repeatedly hit the Esc key for each file that is open. That would be burdensome if 25+ files are open.
Thus I thought to supplement the hyperlinks between files with a VBA macro that will close the active presentation in addition to navigating to the desired file. Theses macros would be triggered when the user clicks on an autoshape.
Let's say File1.ppt is open and in slideshow mode. The user sees an Org Chart with three subordinates, each containing a hyperlink to another Powerpoint file. Let's say Org Chart subordinate 1 is linked to File2.ppt. I want a way to get File1.ppt to close and File2.ppt to launch in slideshow mode when the user clicks on the subordinate 1 object.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I've created an extensive organization chart that spans many slides and files. I have broken things up and used hyperlinks to allow the user to navigate seamlessly between files as if they were all one presentation.
It only recently dawned on me that as the user clicks on various hyperlinks, effectively opening multiple files, that all the files are open and remain in memory. This creates two problems: 1) a memory issue, given the multitude of Powerpoint files that could be open; and 2) a problem with exiting the slideshows as the user has to repeatedly hit the Esc key for each file that is open. That would be burdensome if 25+ files are open.
Thus I thought to supplement the hyperlinks between files with a VBA macro that will close the active presentation in addition to navigating to the desired file. Theses macros would be triggered when the user clicks on an autoshape.
Let's say File1.ppt is open and in slideshow mode. The user sees an Org Chart with three subordinates, each containing a hyperlink to another Powerpoint file. Let's say Org Chart subordinate 1 is linked to File2.ppt. I want a way to get File1.ppt to close and File2.ppt to launch in slideshow mode when the user clicks on the subordinate 1 object.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!