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Note: You can also change the Shape Fill and Shape Outline options in the FORMAT tab
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...or in the Format Shape sidebar when you right-click on the shape and sele ct Format Shape.
Note: A hyperlinked area will overlap the objects and their controls on the layers below. For example, if you insert an invisible hyperlink over a video, you can’t click on it to start or stop playback. Instead, you will be redirected to the website or a slide corresponding with the hyperlink. To resolve this issue, se t the video to play automatically.
Find and arrange transparent shapes
If you can’t locate a transparent hyperlinked shape that’s causing trouble, go to HOME > Select > Selection Pane in PowerPoint. Scroll through the object list one by one, and every object [including transparent objects] will be highlighted. With this approach, you will easily find any object on the slide that is transparent or
hidden under other objects.
Once found, delete it or send it to the back of the slide [right-click, Send to Back > Send Backward].
FAQ
Flash Player global security on local computers
Q: I publish my PPT presentation using the Desktop [Flash] mode and launch it on my computer. For some reason, hyperlinks to a website don’t work. When I upload my presentation to the Internet, the hyperlinks work fine.
A: All hyperlinks in Flash .swf files that you launch fr om your computer are blocked due to the Adobe Flash Player global security settings. If you want to test hyperlinks on your local computer, go to the Flash Player settings and add a trusted location [such as a folder on your hard drive wh ere you publish presentations].
Q: I sent an .swf Flash presentation to my colleague via email and he can’t open any hyperlinks that should point to my website.
A: Adobe Flash Player global security settings are applied to all local destinations, even if you send it to a different computer. Your colleague has to adjust the security settings. The best solution is to share a Flash file on the Internet and send a link to access it. Also, you can publish to Mobile [HTML5], check Zip output and send via email. HTML5 presentations aren’t bound by Adobe’s restrictions.
Inactive hyperlinks
Q: After I publish a presentation to a Web format, a hyperlink text is underlined. However, when I point my mouse on this text, the mouse pointer doesn’t change to a hand. When I click on it, nothing happens.
A: It seems that you applied a style to the text [shadow, 3d effect, etc.], and it was converted to a raster image and lost hyperlink data. Resolution: Remove the effect applied to your text to make it work. If you want to keep the text style, save it as a picture or add a hyperlink area over this text.
Q: I have some Smart Arts in my web presentation and none of the hyperlinks work on them.
A: A SmartArt object is always saved as a picture when you publish your presentation. That’s why, the hyperlinks applied to the elements on your SmartArt were lost after conversion. Resolution: Add a hotspot area with a hyperlink over the elements in PowerPoint before you publish.
Q: I don’t have any effects applied to a shape or its text, and still the hyperlink doesn’t work.
A: Probably some transparent object is overlapping the area with the hyperlink. Turn on the Selection Pane in PowerPoint to find this object.
Linked documents
Q: I added links to some documents located on my computer. When I send this presentation via email, documents can’t be opened by these links.
A: Hyperlinks with local paths work only on the local computer and don’t include these files in the presentation’s data folder. Use the Resources tool on the iSpring toolbar to keep your documents inside your presentation folder.
Q: I have local documents linked with my PowerPoint presentation. After conversion none of them work and URLs for my hyperlinks were changed [they all became absolute and start with file:/// prefix]. If I click on that it tells me that the page is not found.
A: Please read the paragraph “How to make relative hyperlinks work” in this article.