Hi all,



I have a PowerPoint presentation that has hyperlinks to PDFs stored on our company's SharePoint site. A few of the links need to go to specific paragraphs within the PDF. Originally I was able to make the hyperlinks go straight to the correct page by adding "#page=<page#>" to the end of the hyperlink URL.

I have now been asked if it's possible to not only go to the correct page, but to go to a specific paragraph (and maybe even highlight the necessary text).

I have searched around and found a number of different ways to link to a destination. I'm confused if a destination is the same thing as a bookmark. Some people say yes, some say no. I have bookmarks set on the PDFs. I then try the following to link to the bookmark (or destination):

#nameddest=<bookmark name>

I have also seen people say that "#name=<bookmark name>" or "#namedestination=<bookmark name>" is what I should use. None of these have worked for me. When I click the hyperlink, it just opens the PDF to the first page.

So, can anyone answer this for me? Is it possible to link from a PowerPoint presentation to a remotely stored PDF? If not to a bookmark, how would I achieve this?

Thank you.

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Joel,

One solution to this problem:
1.) In C:\inetpub\wwwroot create a folder named "Presentation", under that folder create another folder named Presentaion files.
2.) Create another folder on the root (C:\) named "Scripts". Inside that folder create a batch file named WebLauncher.bat and inside the file enter:
SET url="http://localhost/your folder/your documents/"
START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" %url%%1#%2

If you are using Powerpoint 2010:
1.) Place a rectangle in your slide and enter the text "View" for simplicity sake.
2.) Right click the rectangle and click "Exit Edit Text".
3.) Click the Insert tab and select "Action".
4.) Click to "Run Program" bullet and in the box either type in the loctation of the file or browse to it. (C:\scripts\WebLauncher.bat "Mydocument.pdf" "Tips"

Note: By placing a rectangle you can fill it so the background color is yellow or any other color you choose.

Hope this helps