how make focus of a hyperlink from the background to foreg..

It is happening in Powerpoint and Word. Haven't tried Excel. The focus is
correct when the ppt is saved as a show. It is definitely not a double click.
Today the first time we used the lab, and it was the same on the whole suite
(image). New head of IT started end of last week, and brought him in, but he
hadn't seen this before either.
browser is IE7. Hyperlinks work okay out of pdf file.
There is no intranet running for the students (I am in a college of
education in UAE) at the moment. Haven't tried a ppt to ppt link yet, will do
so tomorrow, as with link to local html file. My own vista machine, and
another XP machine both running ms2007 are unaffected. Just seems to be this
image. I don't know yet who made the image or under what scenario but seems
to acronis based. (I have only been here a week and my first class started
today with a powerpoint tuition session that got rather messy as it was
only the student lab machines that did it). A first I just assumed they were
clicking incorrectly or bringing the focus back to the ppt by clicking
elsewhere before IE opened. Alas no.
Thought it must be and office tweak that was needed. Thanks for you reply, I
will try to find out more of the parameters when I get a chance tomorrow.
Anthony



"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <9ED061B0-69A1-4F53-9FCB-7171B84D99EE.DeleteThis@microsoft.com>, Atq wrote:
> > A new lab of vista computers with ms office 2007 is having trouble with
> > powerpoint hyperlinks. the links to a webpage only open in the background,
> > behind the presentation. You can't find them unless you use alt+tab or exit.
> > How do I make the hyperlink force the focus to the foreground.
>
> This doesn't seem to affect everyone, but it's been reported before.
> So far, we don't know what causes it or how to fix it, but a couple of
> questions:
>
> First, the dumb one: You're sure users aren't doubleclicking the links?
>
> Next, what browser are you using
>
> How are links in Word or Excel opening? Same as in PPT or in front as you'd
> expect them to?
>
> Does this happen to all links or to certain types of links? For example, is it
> just with links to URLs on the inter/intranet? To local HTML files too? What
> about links to other apps or to other PPT presentations?
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
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> Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USA
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>
>

Okay, ppt to ppt is okay. Just ppt to IE7 is still behind.
Excel also brings the page into the background on a single click.
Word does the same, ctrl-click (single) IE opens behind
Hope there is someway out of this.



"atq" wrote:

> It is happening in Powerpoint and Word. Haven't tried Excel. The focus is
> correct when the ppt is saved as a show. It is definitely not a double click.
> Today the first time we used the lab, and it was the same on the whole suite
> (image). New head of IT started end of last week, and brought him in, but he
> hadn't seen this before either.
> browser is IE7. Hyperlinks work okay out of pdf file.
> There is no intranet running for the students (I am in a college of
> education in UAE) at the moment. Haven't tried a ppt to ppt link yet, will do
> so tomorrow, as with link to local html file. My own vista machine, and
> another XP machine both running ms2007 are unaffected. Just seems to be this
> image. I don't know yet who made the image or under what scenario but seems
> to acronis based. (I have only been here a week and my first class started
> today with a powerpoint tuition session that got rather messy as it was
> only the student lab machines that did it). A first I just assumed they were
> clicking incorrectly or bringing the focus back to the ppt by clicking
> elsewhere before IE opened. Alas no.
> Thought it must be and office tweak that was needed. Thanks for you reply, I
> will try to find out more of the parameters when I get a chance tomorrow.
> Anthony
>
>
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
>
> > In article <9ED061B0-69A1-4F53-9FCB-7171B84D99EE.RemoveThis@microsoft.com>, Atq wrote:
> > > A new lab of vista computers with ms office 2007 is having trouble with
> > > powerpoint hyperlinks. the links to a webpage only open in the background,
> > > behind the presentation. You can't find them unless you use alt+tab or exit.
> > > How do I make the hyperlink force the focus to the foreground.
> >
> > This doesn't seem to affect everyone, but it's been reported before.
> > So far, we don't know what causes it or how to fix it, but a couple of
> > questions:
> >
> > First, the dumb one: You're sure users aren't doubleclicking the links?
> >
> > Next, what browser are you using
> >
> > How are links in Word or Excel opening? Same as in PPT or in front as you'd
> > expect them to?
> >
> > Does this happen to all links or to certain types of links? For example, is it
> > just with links to URLs on the inter/intranet? To local HTML files too? What
> > about links to other apps or to other PPT presentations?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
> > Live and in personable in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live
> > Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USA
> > www.pptlive.com
> >
> >

Thanks for the add'l info.

I'll pass it along. One more thing it occurs to me to ask, though.

You mention that you don't have the problem on your Vista machine and another XP
machine, both with 2007.

Do those machines also run IE7 or an earlier version? What about IE7 service packs?

Trying to find the "magic bit" that triggers this problem.




In article <4A183CEC-D85B-4B67-8950-2C35E502C093 DeleteThis @microsoft.com>, Atq wrote:
> Okay, ppt to ppt is okay. Just ppt to IE7 is still behind.
> Excel also brings the page into the background on a single click.
> Word does the same, ctrl-click (single) IE opens behind
> Hope there is someway out of this.
>
> "atq" wrote:
>
> > It is happening in Powerpoint and Word. Haven't tried Excel. The focus is
> > correct when the ppt is saved as a show. It is definitely not a double click.
> > Today the first time we used the lab, and it was the same on the whole suite
> > (image). New head of IT started end of last week, and brought him in, but he
> > hadn't seen this before either.
> > browser is IE7. Hyperlinks work okay out of pdf file.
> > There is no intranet running for the students (I am in a college of
> > education in UAE) at the moment. Haven't tried a ppt to ppt link yet, will do
> > so tomorrow, as with link to local html file. My own vista machine, and
> > another XP machine both running ms2007 are unaffected. Just seems to be this
> > image. I don't know yet who made the image or under what scenario but seems
> > to acronis based. (I have only been here a week and my first class started
> > today with a powerpoint tuition session that got rather messy as it was
> > only the student lab machines that did it). A first I just assumed they were
> > clicking incorrectly or bringing the focus back to the ppt by clicking
> > elsewhere before IE opened. Alas no.
> > Thought it must be and office tweak that was needed. Thanks for you reply, I
> > will try to find out more of the parameters when I get a chance tomorrow.
> > Anthony
> >
> >
> >
> > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
> >
> > > In article <9ED061B0-69A1-4F53-9FCB-7171B84D99EE DeleteThis @microsoft.com>, Atq wrote:
> > > > A new lab of vista computers with ms office 2007 is having trouble with
> > > > powerpoint hyperlinks. the links to a webpage only open in the background,
> > > > behind the presentation. You can't find them unless you use alt+tab or exit.
> > > > How do I make the hyperlink force the focus to the foreground.
> > >
> > > This doesn't seem to affect everyone, but it's been reported before.
> > > So far, we don't know what causes it or how to fix it, but a couple of
> > > questions:
> > >
> > > First, the dumb one: You're sure users aren't doubleclicking the links?
> > >
> > > Next, what browser are you using
> > >
> > > How are links in Word or Excel opening? Same as in PPT or in front as you'd
> > > expect them to?
> > >
> > > Does this happen to all links or to certain types of links? For example, is it
> > > just with links to URLs on the inter/intranet? To local HTML files too? What
> > > about links to other apps or to other PPT presentations?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------
> > > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > > ================================================
> > > Live and in personable in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live
> > > Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USA
> > > www.pptlive.com
> > >
> > >
>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
Live and in personable in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live
Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USA
www.pptlive.com