They replied "This is known PowerPoint bug" !
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"Gary''s Student" wrote in message
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Thanks!
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"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

I will report this to Microsoft - might be in time for SP2 (I always
think
the glass is half-full!)
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You are correct. I am getting the same behavior in 2007.
2003 works just fine.
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"Bob W" wrote:

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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