Comp Gurus: How do I know I'm using a relative hyperlink over an absolute one?

[The Bad Guy]

My teacher is ridiculous and wants us to have relative hyperlinks in our power point presentation.

Only problem is he never explained the difference.

How do I make sure all my hyperlinks are relative in my presentation?

If anyone can help, I would appareciate it.

[cron912]

My teacher is ridiculous and wants us to have relative hyperlinks in our power point presentation.

Only problem is he never explained the difference.

How do I make sure all my hyperlinks are relative in my presentation?

If anyone can help, I would appareciate it.

An absolute link is the full path of the link, for example http://www.chiefsplanet.com/index.html. A relative link is the path specified from the current location. So say the current location was http://www.chiefsplanet.com, then index.html would be a relative link.

Hope this helps.

Also, here (http://www.webpronews.com/ebusiness/seo/wpn-4-20040810AbsolutevsRelativeLinksWhichisBetterfortheSearchEngines.html) is a little info on the two.

[Cochise]

Absolute is the full URL.

[Saulbadguy]

Absolute is the full URL.

[Lzen]

Oh, and since nobody else mentioned it, absolute is the full URL. ;)

[The Bad Guy]

But what if it's a hyperlink that connects to something on my computer instead of the web?

[Cochise]

But what if it's a hyperlink that connects to something on my computer instead of the web?

Then it would just say blah.xls or \spreadsheets\blah.xls.

The full path would be C:\foo\bar\spreadsheets\blah.xls

[jcroft]

Relative means relative to the current directory. So, if you are on the page:

/powerpoint/project/firstpage.html

and you wanted to link to

/powerpoint/project/images/bigassgraphic.jpg

a relativle link would look like:

images/bigassgraphic.jpg

[The Bad Guy]

Ok, I get it now. Instead of labeling the whole path, just make sure it's in the folder I'm burning onto a CD.

I have to make sure this is Mac and IBM compatible, how will I know it is? I don't have a Mac to try it on.

[jcroft]

Ok, I get it now. Instead of labeling the whole path, just make sure it's in the folder I'm burning onto a CD.

I have to make sure this is Mac and IBM compatible, how will I know it is? I don't have a Mac to try it on.

PowerPoint is available on both platforms -- you should've had too much trouble with the comptability of your presentation.

However, you do need to make sure you are burning the disc in a format both can read...

[The Bad Guy]

PowerPoint is available on both platforms -- you should've had too much trouble with the comptability of your presentation.

However, you do need to make sure you are burning the disc in a format both can read...

How can I ensure that?

[Cochise]

I don't know anything about Macs, I only know about computers.

[mikey23545]

I don't know anything about Macs, I only know about computers.

Oh my...Oh my...

ROFL