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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / March 2006Absolute pathnames when hyperlinking
Yesterday when I created a hyperlink in a word document, the "Link to" box displayed the absolute pathname, which is what I wanted. Today when I created a hyperlink, the "Link to" box displayed the relative pathname, which I do not want. This is because I want to display the absolute location of my word document so my husband knows exactly where it is located on the computer. I have lots of documents and long pathnames, so I do not want to enter this info in by hand. How can I get it back to displaying the absolute pathname? And what did I inadvertantly do to change the default in MS Word's hyperlink feature from absolute pathnames to relative pathnames. I have MS Office 2004 for Mac OS X. My Mac OS X version is 10.4.5. Thanks in advance Deb Hi Deb: That's a pain. If the target is in the same folder as the document you are making, you will get a relative pathname. The only thing I can suggest is that you move your new document outside the folder that stores the documents to which you want to refer. If you use the FILENAME field with the /p switch for the document itself, that will tell the next user where the document currently is. As far as I know, once Word inserts Hyperlinks with absolute pathnames, they will stay that way unless you update the links. So you could move the document back when you have completed it. Hope this helps On 17/3/06 7:35 AM, in article 1142541310.368704.151750@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, > X-No-Archive:yes > Yesterday when I created a hyperlink in a word document, the "Link to" [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Deb  SignaturePlease reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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