How to find a reference to a "picture in an untrusted location
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From: Dave Jenkins on 12 Dec 2008 07:10 Hi Steve: Nope - no image in the Slide Master. AT any rate, I just want to find what's triggering the popup. I could write a little code to find the offedning pictures, if I just knew what to look for. I already have a routine that looks for linked OLE objects - there are none. I *do* see that many of the pictures in the slides are *embedded* objects - could that cause the popup? I must confess ignorance to the subtleties of linked vs. embedded, but once an object is embedded, it's part of the deck, is it not, and hence there is no longer any need to be warned, is there? Or is there? Maybe I neeed to find the embedded images, delete them, and then see if the popup comes back? -- Dave Jenkins K5KX "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > In article <7308BE1F-8110-48F4-91DA-1528CC64E845(a)microsoft.com>, Dave Jenkins > wrote: > > Using PowerPoint 2007 SP1, Windows XP3, processing a .ppt file. > > > > When I go into slideshow mode, I get a Security Alert popup that says > > "Warning: This document references pictures in untrusted locations." and it > > offers to block the references. (Go here: http://screencast.com/t/KSJVXZjrF > > to see a screenshot of the actual popup.) > > > > How can I find the reference or references that are causing the warning to > > appear? I have tried binary halving the file in an attempt to isolate a > > slide that prompts the warning, but that technique won't work - I got down to > > the last slide and removed all content on it and *still* got the popup. > > A picture that's been copy/pasted from the internet into the slide master, > perhaps? > > ============================== > PPT Frequently Asked Questions > http://www.pptfaq.com/ > > PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint > http://www.pptools.com/ > >
From: Dave Jenkins on 12 Dec 2008 07:13 Hi Glenn: Thanks for the advice. However, my problem is I don't know what images are cuasing the popup to occur. This deck is *loaded* with pictures, graphic images, etc. What I really want to know is how to find the popup-triggering objects. I don't mind writing some code to do so, but I'm at a loss as to what to look for. I can eliminate hyperlinks as a source, since I already have code that identifies such links. Any further advice? -- Dave Jenkins K5KX "Glen Millar" wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Possibilities are: > > You have linked the image directly off the internet. Try Cut| Paste Special| > PNG. > There is a hyperlink attached to the image. Select the image and go <Control > + K> to see it or remove it. > There is some sort of Active X or other code pulled off the internet as > well. Try Cut| Paste Special| PNG. > > Please, let us know how to you get on. > > -- > Regards, > Glen Millar > Microsoft PPT MVP > > Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at > the original www.pptworkbench.com > glen at pptworkbench dot com > ------------------------------------------ > > "Dave Jenkins" <david.f.jenkins(a)usa.net.(spam-ugh!)> wrote in message > news:7308BE1F-8110-48F4-91DA-1528CC64E845(a)microsoft.com... > > Using PowerPoint 2007 SP1, Windows XP3, processing a .ppt file. > > > > When I go into slideshow mode, I get a Security Alert popup that says > > "Warning: This document references pictures in untrusted locations." and > > it > > offers to block the references. (Go here: > > http://screencast.com/t/KSJVXZjrF > > to see a screenshot of the actual popup.) > > > > How can I find the reference or references that are causing the warning to > > appear? I have tried binary halving the file in an attempt to isolate a > > slide that prompts the warning, but that technique won't work - I got down > > to > > the last slide and removed all content on it and *still* got the popup. > > > > Thanks. > > -- > > Dave Jenkins > > K5KX >
From: Steve Rindsberg on 12 Dec 2008 10:51 > I *do* see that many of the pictures in the slides are *embedded* objects - > could that cause the popup? I must confess ignorance to the subtleties of > linked vs. embedded, but once an object is embedded, it's part of the deck, > is it not, and hence there is no longer any need to be warned, is there? Or > is there? > > Maybe I neeed to find the embedded images, delete them, and then see if the > popup comes back? I'd try that. Because: PowerPoint connects to the internet unexpectedly http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00613.htm Unfortunately, this one's not reliably reproducible. Does the error msg give you any hint as to where PPT thinks this "DANGEROUS" image or whatever lives or what its name is? You could try opening the presentation in 2003 then using the Script Editor to search for any known info about it. ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
From: Dave Jenkins on 12 Dec 2008 17:22 "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > > > But as a final note, I think it's unconscionable that MS would put up an > > alert popup such as that without identifying the cuasative slide(s), shape(s) > > and their links. JMHO. > > Yours. Mine. Ours. > > Tie the idiot that wrote this error message to the "File not found" author, add > weights, marinate well in about 2 fathoms of ocean ... the world could be a > better place. Stop them before they code again. Try not to hold back so much, Steve ... Dave
From: Steve Rindsberg on 13 Dec 2008 13:06 In article <94337E27-5EAF-4973-9019-79C09264AA8D(a)microsoft.com>, Dave Jenkins wrote: > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > > > > > > But as a final note, I think it's unconscionable that MS would put up an > > > alert popup such as that without identifying the cuasative slide(s), shape(s) > > > and their links. JMHO. > > > > Yours. Mine. Ours. > > > > Tie the idiot that wrote this error message to the "File not found" author, add > > weights, marinate well in about 2 fathoms of ocean ... the world could be a > > better place. Stop them before they code again. > > Try not to hold back so much, Steve ... > See, these messages remind me of my brother when he was little. He'd sit there at the dinner table and just start to scream. He was able to talk by then, a little, but wouldn't. And he wouldn't POINT at what he wanted or even bother to reach for it. Just screamed. Dinnertime was hell. I used up all my holding back then. He lived. Miracles DO happen, ya see? ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
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