In article <C446925D.11D2%japchap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Jeff Chapman wrote:
> Now that you mentioned it, I noticed this too. I looked all over the
> preferences and PowerPoint menus, and couldn't find a place to disable
the
> message. Pretty tacky-looking, if you're doing a presentation for a
client
> or a group of students, and suddenly this message comes up and says that
the
> file you're about to open isn't safe. In fact, this message is just
plain
> bad planning on the part of Microsoft as I see it. This is the
> out-of-the-box functionality... I can't see what the benefit is to this,
> besides potentially warning people about visiting web sites or pages
that
> might potentially pose some kind of threat, or opening a file they may
know
> nothing about. This is really silly if you're the one who's creating the
> presentation and making the links, isn't it.
It is. It's been annoying Windows PPT users for several versions now.
We call it "The End of the World" (or of "Civilization as We Know It",
take
your pick) Message.
The Windows version has a registry setting you can change to make it stop
Nannying, and also some other workarounds. You might want to have a look
here
to see if anything triggers a Mac-flavored "Aha!":
"Some files can contain viruses ..." message when clicking a hyperlink
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00406.htm
Also, in PPT 2007 there's the notion of Trusted Folders, folders you
designate
as containing files that you've deemed trustworthy, safe, ok to launch w/o
screeching from PPT. A kind of "Nanny-free" zone.
Might Mac Office 2008 have something similar?
>
> Jeff
>
> On 5/5/08 4:48 PM, in article ee9a8e7.-1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "docdan.m@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <docdan.m@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Version: 2008
> > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
> > Processor: intel
> >
> > in slide show mode, when i click on hyperlink to another presentation
on my
> > computer, a message flashes :' do you want to open a potentially
unsafe
> > file....?"
> >
> > how can i disable this????
> >
> > D
>
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