The suggested hyperlink syntax, when followed precisely, opens up the
powerpoint presentation, but does not display the target slide...it always
just displays the first slide, no matter what slide number is appended after
the "#". Could i be missing something?

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

=HYPERLINK("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\sample.ppt#13")

For the 13th slide

etc.

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Gary''s Student - gsnu200819