By default PowerPoint will try the original path of the link and, if not found, try looking in the current directory. Brute force searching (based on the document’s creators memory) and, once the files are found, simply dump them into the same folder as the. If the Edit Links to Files option is not listed, then there are no ‘linked objects’ recognized by that file.ġ. A listing of all linked objects including their path will be presented. Open in PowerPoint 2010/2013 on Windows, click the File ribbon, select Info in the left menu, select Edit Links to Files in the right pane. This article was written based on info from Office for Mac 2011 and Office for Windows 2010/2013.ġ.
Trying to identify where to find both the file name and the location of the file(s) from when they were originally linked, so that they can be ‘re-linked’ or used for other purposes, proved difficult.Īlso, was the process different for Mac vs Windows versions of PowerPoint? PPT file opened in PowerPoint 2011 on a Mac could not ‘locate’ linked movies and/or images.
