Issue 47056 - link to external objects
Summary: link to external objects
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Impress
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1.4
Hardware: All All
: P3 Normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2005-04-08 18:33 UTC by rjahn1
Modified: 2014-04-25 11:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.0-dev
Developer Difficulty: ---

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MS PPT 2000, OO Impress, *.png, in directory structures (11.46 KB, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint)
2005-04-08 18:36 UTC, rjahn1 		no flags Details
error message screenshot (18.49 KB, image/png)
2014-04-25 11:45 UTC, Edwin Sharp 		no flags Details
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Description rjahn1 2005-04-08 18:33:36 UTC 
Is it possible to embed a link in OO Impress files to external objects (files,
etc.)?  The purpose is to split a presentation of complex info. into 2 tiers:
the OO Impress file (the stub) and the external objects (actual details).  An
example: in meetings of a typical engineering project, the size of support info.
is usually huge, like engineering drawing files, dynamics analysis files,
microscopy image files, etc.

The link feature in MS PowerPoint is based on the file-type association built-in
in MS Windows.  I do not know enough about Macintosh and Unix/Linux.  Please
note that the link feature only works in MS PowerPoint 2000 and newer versions,
due to a previous bug in absolute/relative path specifcation.

A simple example in MS PowerPoint 2000 will be attached.
Comment 1 rjahn1 2005-04-08 18:36:16 UTC 
Created attachment 24850 [details]
MS PPT 2000, OO Impress, *.png, in directory structures
Comment 2 wolframgarten 2005-04-11 08:49:54 UTC 
Reassigned.
Comment 3 ace_dent 2008-05-16 00:22:38 UTC 
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised is currently assigned to 'Requirements' pending review, but
has not been updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with
one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been
addressed. Either use the recent stable version:
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing):
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/
 
Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as
necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also
wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have
advanced further by checking the Issue Tracker:
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi
 
Many thanks,
Andrew
 
Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of:
~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~
http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
Comment 4 rjahn1 2008-05-16 21:09:26 UTC 
This requested feature is still not supported in version 2.3.1.  I shall test
version 3.0 beta later when I have time for download and installation.
Comment 5 rjahn1 2008-05-17 03:58:38 UTC 
2.4.0 does not support link to external objects.
Comment 6 Edwin Sharp 2014-04-25 11:45:26 UTC 
Created attachment 83275 [details]
error message screenshot

when ctrl+click links in attached ppt
Comment 7 Edwin Sharp 2014-04-25 11:47:21 UTC 
Confirmed with
AOO410m17(Build:9763)  -  Rev. 1586584
2014-04-11 09:13 - Linux x86_64
Debian
OK with Calligra Stage 2.7.5