PowerPoint hyperlinks using Internet Explorer instead of jumping to other slides

Here's a problem I had at work and it took me awhile to fix it, so I'm posting it here so I can find it again.

A user wanted to create clickable text in a PowerPoint presentation and have it jump to another slide within the same PPT presentation.

Insert > Hyperlink > Place in This Document

















This worked fine when I chose "Next Slide" but when I manually told it what slide to jump to, PowerPoint used Internet Explorer to open a link with that slide name, and it obviously failed.

It's supposed to simply display that page in PowerPoint, not try to open a web page.

I found the fix for this on PPTools. You need to select File > Properties > Summary, and select and delete any text in the "Hyperlink base" text field. Apparently my company had inserted their web address into that field in the default PPT template, so PowerPoint would call IE to open that site for all hyperlinks, even ones that were supposed to jump to new slides.

Tangy Taffy

What happened to Tangy Taffy? It can't be found anywhere.

I don't want the inferior Laffy Taffy - that stuff is junk, especially when all that's left is banana flavor because no one likes it and then all the rest of the candy in the bowl smells like banana Laffy Taffy.

Plus the jokes are bad. But a fun twist at parties is to reveal the answer to the jokes/puns/riddles first - and make people guess the question. And every time they get one wrong they have to eat a banana Laffy Taffy until all the banana ones are gone or someone has to go to the hospital.

I want a great big bar of the Tangy damn Taffy!

Preferably grape.

You're in the big league!

I couldn't find these lyrics anywhere, but I found the ad online. What a great song and a great gum. When it first came out a pack of Hubba Bubba was only 25 cents, but this gum was 75 cents, but so much cooler (bigger too)!

Now you can get them for $3.50/pack on Amazon.


You're in the big league,
When you make a perfect slide.

You're in the big league,
When you keep the team alive.

You're in the big league,
When you block a shot or two.

You're in the big league,
When you’re into Big League Chew!

Leinenkugel's Fireside Nut Brown Lager

Last year Leinenkugel's dropped Heather's favorite beer - Apple Spice. Now they are announcing a new winter brew.

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. said today it is launching a new seasonal beer: Leinenkugel's Fireside Nut Brown Lager.

An English-style beer, it contains 4.9% alcohol by volume and has a roasted malt character with amber tones. English two-row malts give it a "maple aroma and pronounced chocolate, caramel and hazelnut top notes," according to the brewer, which said in a press release that the seasonal brew "harkens to a time when multiple generations of the Leinenkugel family would gather with friends and enjoy a special brew crafted especially for the holiday season."

The beer will be available during November and December.

Great American Beer Fest - Wisconsin Winners

Here are the Wisconsin medal winners from the 2008 Great American Beer Fest, held last week in Denver. I'd say that Henry Weinhard cleaned up!

Gold Metal Winners

Capital Brewery Co. Capital Autumnal Fire - German-Style Strong Bock
Central Waters Brewing Co. Bourbon Barrel Barleywine - Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
MillerCoors Coors Light - America-Style Light Lager
MillerCoors Henry Weinhard's Hefeweizen - American-Style Hefeweizen

Silver Metal Winners

Dells Brewing Co. Dells Chief Amber Ale - Scottish-Style Ale
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark - American-Style Dark Lager
Lakefront Brewery New Grist - Gluten-Free Beer
MillerCoors Hamm's - American-Style Cream Ale or Lager
Titletown Brewing Co. Railyard Ale - German-Style Altbier

Bronze Metal Winners

Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. Old Scratch Barley Wine '99 - Old Ale or Strong Ale
MillerCoors Keystone Light - American-Style Light Lager
MillerCoors Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve - American-Style Lager or Premium Lager
MillerCoors OE 800 - International-Style Pilsener
MillerCoors Henry Weinhard's Classic Dark - American-Style Dark Lager
MillerCoors Henry Weinhard's Blue Boar Pale Ale - American-Style Cream Ale or Lager

Dallas Stampede Light Beer... wait for it... PLUS!

Someone else is using the Vitamin Beer™ idea, but not my special name for it. Stampede Brewing Company from Dallas, Texas is brewing Dallas Stampede Light Plus (the Plus means vitamins!) with the help of Jessica Simpson, who now owns 15% of the brewery. Kind of weird and kind of sad.

According to Stampede's website, their beer is made from "pure mountain spring water" (from the Texas mountains?) and infused with "smoked, white oak chips" but they don't list what vitamins are in there.

My Vitamin Beer™ will be chock-full of vitamins and they'll be proudly listed right on the bottle.

From the LA Times: Jessica Simpson pushes new vitamin-spiked beer!

New Schlitz beer now available on tap

From JSOnline, the new "classic formula" Schlitz beer is now available in draft. Maybe I'll get a keg.

Pabst Brewing Co., which owns the Schlitz brand, has begun distributing the brand's "Classic 60s formula" in kegs to taverns in Milwaukee and other areas in an effort to meet demand for the beer. The demand for Schlitz in bottles has outpaced production, which is done under contract at a MillerCoors LLC brewery in Eden, N.C.

Compared with the Schlitz sold in cans, the reformulated Schlitz in bottles has a more full-bodied taste. Schlitz has not been served as draft since 1999.