"macropod" wrote in message ...
Hi Steve,

In Word 2000, at least, the full path isn't necessary. However, the full
path is still stored in the document's meta data, and the INCLUDETEXT field
will still use that path, even in Word 2003.

One implication for this in what you're trying to do is that, if you send
only the 'target' document, the recipient won't be able to see the 'source'
document's included text - they'll simply get the same 'Error! Not a valid
filename' you're getting now. To overcome this, you might like to convert
the included text to standard text (via Ctrl-Shift-F9) and save that version
of the document under a new filename for sending. Doing this removes all
links to the 'source' document.

Cheers


"Steve" wrote in message
om...
I am trying "NOT" to include a path name in my fields. I want to keep
all my documents in one folder without typing in the path for the
document. I read on previous postings that it is possible in Office
2000 do do this. I am having problems with this.

I keep getting: {INCLUDETEXT "Lease.doc" \!} --- my code
Error! Not a valid filename. --- result
When I include the path "c:\\template\\Lease.doc" there is no problem.
I have office 2003 and I am having problems getting it to work without
a path. The reason I need this done is I have a document I am sending
to someone and I don't want the path from my computer appearing in the
field.

Is there something I am typing wrong?

Thanks

Steve

Thank you for the info on this I will need this tip as well. What I
have is a template with linked documents. I am creating this template
and linked documents on my computer. I will then send this template
and the linked documents all in one folder to another user. When the
user opens the template that has the linked documents it returns the
Error! Not a valid filename.

Is this possible in 2003 to have the source and linked docs contained
in one folder and exclude the path name in the includetext field?

Steve