"Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data"

Problem

In a slide show, you click a link to another slide in the same show and see an error message like this:

Opening "c:\"

Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data.  
To protect your computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources.  
Do you want to continue?

Yes  No

Instead of "Opening c:\" it may show some other path.

Solution

In PowerPoint 2003:

• Choose File, Properties from the main menu bar.
• In the dialog box that appears, click the Summary tab, then delete the text next to "Hyperlink base".

In PowerPoint 2007:

• Click the Microsoft Office button.
• Click Prepare on the left.
• Click Properties on the right. The properties pane appears above the current slide.
• At the top left of the properties pane, click Document Properties and choose Advanced Properties.
• In the dialog box that appears, click the Summary tab, then delete the text next to "Hyperlink base".

[snide remark about the new Office 2007 "fluent" interface deleted]

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