Re: can't link to pdf pages on external sites
- From: "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:06:37 -0500
I don't know if it's a Mac versus PC issue, but, the following link:
http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/Forms/Rent/rtp8.pdf
works fine in Word 2007 here (running Windows 7 on a PC, not a Mac). These links do not work in Word or in my browser; but the failure in Word is not due to a Word problem, rather it's due to the links effectively being broken:
http://www.bond.edu.au/about/campus/maps/campus-map-A4-grid.pdf
http://www.staff.bond.edu.au/quality/policies/teaching/TLR201.pdf
The first says that document doesn't exist on the server, and the second times out--www.staff.bond.edu.au is not reachable, apparently. This is independent of Word.
Here, however, all .pdf URLs that work in my browser also work fine when links are placed in a document in Word 2007.
Of the three examples I've seen in this thread, only http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/Forms/Rent/rtp8.pdf appears to be valid. For those of you for whom this link is not working, what exactly happens in Word when you exercise the link? Any error message? Does your browser respond at all? I.e., at what point does it fail, and what error message does it provide?
Herb Tyson MS MVP
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"trish t" wrote in message news:2009112201725trish.treagus@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On 01 February 2009 10:14
lbateu wrote:
Bob,I think you need to re-read the original post again.
Bob,
I think you need to re-read the original post again.
The op *is* creating a hyperlink *to* a PDF document, and the
behaviour that occurs in versions of Word *other than* 2007 is normal
'PDF-opening' behaviour on his machine.
But, when trying to click the *same* hyperlink in Word 2007, the error
"Unable to open http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/Forms/Rent/rtp8.pdf.
Cannot open
the specified file" is shown.
I am having the same problem.
This hyperlink in a word 2007 document works -
http://www.bond.edu.au/about/campus/maps/campus-map-A4-grid.pdf - and
opens in Adobe Reader.
This doesn't - http://www.staff.bond.edu.au/quality/policies/teaching/TLR201.pdf
- gives me the error as above (is internal intranet link, but I know
it is valid)
Both hyperlinks work in a web browser.
It's obviously a bug with Word 2007. Both mine, and the op's
problematic hyperlinks are sub-domains... ??
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