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How do I include a document by reference between multiple document
I work with programming documentation and need to be able to single-source
common information that I can include in various Word documents within a fixed directory structure (though the location of the root node might change). I tried to insert the common file as a link into multiple documents. All worked fine until I moved the whole directory to another location on the drive. This problem gets even worse when using Source Safe to store the documents. Unless every user who checks out the documents uses the exact same location, the links all break. How do I specify a relative pathname when inserting a doc as a link? For some reason, I am unable to specify a path name that does not start with the drive letter. Common sense would indicate that if I specifiy a path without a drive letter, it would start from my current directory. Unfortunately, I cannot enter a path like "functions\get_directory.doc". Any suggestions? Thanx, Mike Heavin |
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Look into AutoText in a global template and AutoText fields. This would let
you keep your common information in a single template. See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. Otherwise, as you've seen, the IncludeText field breaks when you move files around. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Mike" wrote in message ... I work with programming documentation and need to be able to single-source common information that I can include in various Word documents within a fixed directory structure (though the location of the root node might change). I tried to insert the common file as a link into multiple documents. All worked fine until I moved the whole directory to another location on the drive. This problem gets even worse when using Source Safe to store the documents. Unless every user who checks out the documents uses the exact same location, the links all break. How do I specify a relative pathname when inserting a doc as a link? For some reason, I am unable to specify a path name that does not start with the drive letter. Common sense would indicate that if I specifiy a path without a drive letter, it would start from my current directory. Unfortunately, I cannot enter a path like "functions\get_directory.doc". Any suggestions? Thanx, Mike Heavin |
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