'Your desktop' is actually a folder on your hard disk. However, to bring
some order to your project, use Windows Explorer to move the files somewhere
sensible, eg somewhere under My Documents.

If all the files are in the same folder, you can enter the hyperlink address
as the filename only, with no path; otherwise add path relative the root
folder for the set of documents.





"JDrew" wrote in message
...
Thanks for replying so quickly.

What exactly do you mean by relative? Do you mean the hyperlinks should
all
come from the same base address, i.e. my desktop (they already all
originate
from the desktop)? Also, I do not know the default screen tips as I
changed
them to various titles to describe the links.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Make sure all the hyperlinks are relative. Note that the default
ScreenTip
in Word is the full path to the target, even if the link is in fact a
relative path.





"JDrew" wrote in message
...
When I burn a Word document which contains hyperlinks onto a CD, the
hyperlinks no longer work. The many documents (jpegs, PDFs etc.) which
the
hyperlinks refer to are located on my desktop. So, as the base address
for
all of these hyperlinks refer to the desktop, I saved all of the
desktop
files as well as the Master Word document onto the CD but this did not
help
either. There must be an answer to this simple problem!