Seeing the %20 in the hyperlink name is untidy and unprofessional. Alt F9
removes the appearance of a link altogether. I want the link to appear (ie to
be underlined and to operate if clicked on) but for spaces to appear instead
of %20. The strange thing is that often links do appear with spaces, and on
relatively few times they appear with %20. I don't ever want them to appear
with %20. Is there a fix?
TIA ... Greg
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
If it's just a question of your seeing the HYPERLINK field code instead of
the display text, press Alt+F9. And if you haven't created any display text,
right-click and choose Edit Hyperlink to add display text.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"gvm" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the clarification Suzanne. I created two links to files that
were
both in the same folder. Both had spaces in their names. One hyperlink
showed
spaces in the link name. The other showed %20's. Any idea why that occurs?
Is
there an option somewhere where you can choose not to show html field
codes?
TIA ... Greg
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
To clarify, %20 is the HTML code for a space. If this bothers you, you
can
create hyperlinks with underlines_between_words instead of spaces, or
eliminate the spaces altogether by CapitalizingTheWords.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"gvm" wrote in message
...
Hi macropod,
the %20 may have been there already but if it was then it wasn't
visible.
Is
the %20 like a field code in that it exists but not normally visible?
I
have
seen similar behaviour when downloading pdf files, ie the spaces
within
the
filename are filled with %20. I will try and detect a pattern in the
symptoms
... a pattern is not yet obvious though.
cheers
Greg
"macropod" wrote:
"gvm" wrote in message
...
Thanks Macropod, that helps alot. Now when I insert a link to a
file
name
that contains a space, Word inserts the characters %20 instead of
a
space.
Strangely, it doesn't happen on every occasion but it does
interfere
with
correct operation of the link. Why is that?
TIA ... Greg
Hi Greg
I have no idea. Perhaps there's a pattern to the behaviour that
might
help explain it. The '%20' is, however, a common way of
embedding spaces in hyperlinks. Are you sure they weren't already
there?
Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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