Hi Jodi,

It can depend on what version of Word created the
hyperlink, among other things, plus Word has a bad
habit of in some cases modifying the links when
fields are updated (Tools=OPtions=General=Web Options

This article may help but it's possible that the links
were already 'relative' when the document was saved in
the prior version.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...us;326518&FR=1

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"Jodi" wrote in message ...
I am opening a document in Word XP that was created in an earlier version and
the hyperlinks are not working. They have ../../../../ as the begining of
the path no matter how many times I try to re-create them. When it is
emailed it changes to C:\my documents\...
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

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I thought I had read a while ago that this is a known issue, but I am not
able to find anything about it now. any thoughts?