Word attempts to mimic HTML construction when it creates
links. If the link is not fully qualified (i.e. absolute=defined)
then 'relative' is to be from the point where the page is
opened, except where a Hyperlink Base BASE=... statement is set.
In Word you set the base through File=Properties.

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"roachmj" wrote in message ...
In Word2002 I can't seem to get anything other than relative links for other
files on a server. Isn't there an option to tell it to make it an absolute
link? If I type in the full path it will work, but is there a way to tell it
I want absolute, not relative?
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
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Office 2003 Editions explained
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