The text for the error message in question appears to be located in the
strman_0005.strings file. On my install of Mac Office 2008, it's located
in
the Macintosh HD > Applications > Microsoft Office 2008 > Office >
MicrosoftOffice.framework [package] > Resources > en.lproj folder, key 5c.
I
have OmniOutliner installed, which is helpful to view the contents of
these
".strings" files. In fact, it's rather educational to go and look through
these .strings files. I assume that these are all of the localized error
and
text messages for Office apps.
Bottom line - I haven't tried it yet, but knowing this information, it's
conceivable that you could actually change the text message that appears
when a hyperlink is clicked (on your machine, anyway), so that it says
"Brilliant, boy! You get a cookie!" or something like that. As far as
deactivating the message, however... that's anyone's guess. I wonder what
would happen if we just deleted the key from that .strings file? Would
PowerPoint just give up and fail to display the message? ;-D (Now we're
starting to live dangerously...)
Something to try, anyway...
Jeff
On 5/6/08 11:52 PM, in article VA.00003f6b.573d197f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Steve
Rindsberg" <abuse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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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