Re: Absolute hyperlink path

On my machine, regardless of whether I have saved the document or not, I get
a defective link. The reason becomes clear when I hover over it; invariably
³Desktop² has been inserted into the path, thus rendering the path
incorrect.

Am I missing something about ³same folder²? I¹m linking Word documents on
the same computer, but I¹ve never thought about whether they are in the same
or different folders.

Or could it have something to do with the fact that most of my Word
documents are in Compatibility Mode?

Thanks,

Carl


Thanks Carl:

OK, the mechanism is not "ideal" in 2008 :-)

If you SAVE the document before inserting the hyperlinks, the Hyperlink will
be a relative link to the location of the saved document.

If you have NOT saved the document, the hyperlink will be an explicit path.

However, in each case, if you hover over the hyperlink, you will see that
the URI resolves to an explicit path name.

For example: Here's a path to a document on my local machine:
"file://localhost/Users/john/Documents/Chunqing/Chunqing%20Pan%20Resume.doc"

Here's a path to the same document backed up on the PC elsewhere on my
network:
"file://localhost/Volumes/MCGHIEHOME%3BDELL670/Chunqing/
Chunqing%20Pan%20Resume.doc"

If I save the document in the same folder as the target, this is what I get:
"Chunqing%20Pan%20Resume.doc"

If I save the document on the PC and link to a document on the Mac, I get:
"file://localhost/Users/john/Documents/Chunqing/
Chunqing%20Pan%20Resume.doc"

In each case, these are the raw URIs that were returned from the file
system.

The only way to get resolvable URIs is to first save both the file and the
target documents to a web server whose URL your NS can resolve.

Hope this helps


On 24/02/09 4:18 AM, in article C5C88AF7.13994%carlcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Carl L Cooper" <carlcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sorry, John. I should have furnished this info when I posted the question:

Mac OS: 10.5.6.

Word 2008 for Mac: version 12.1.5

Thanks,

Carl


Which version of Word? Which OS?


On 23/02/09 5:46 AM, in article C5C74DF6.1397B%carlcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Carl L Cooper" <carlcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In creating a hyperlink between two Word documents, how can I force
Word to
insert an absolute path when I click the ³Select² box? The default
seems to
be a relative path. And the relative path doesn¹t work because
³Desktop²
always seems to be inserted into the path.

Unchecking the ³Update links on save² box in Word¹s Preferences >>>>>
didn¹t
solve
the problem.

Thanks,

Carl L Cooper


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