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Hello all,
Using Word 2003. I am writing some information security policy documents: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...\infosec\policies\policy1.doc ...\infosec\policies\policy2.doc ...\infosec\policies\policy3.doc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ etc. I am also writing a glossary document: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...\infosec\misc\glossary.doc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The policies contain many technical words and phrases that require explanation in the glossary. What I would like to do is attach a clickable link to each technical word/phrase in the policy documents. The link will point to the corresponding explanation in the glossary. I assume that I can mark each word/phrase in the glossary with a bookmark, but how do I set up a relative link in the policy document that points to the bookmark? (The glossary document will always be at the same relative path to the policy documents; that is, ..\misc\glossary.doc). -- Ian |
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writes (The glossary document will always be at the same relative path to the policy documents; that is, ..\misc\glossary.doc). Oops. I should have said: ...\..\misc\glossary.doc -- Ian |
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writes What I would like to do is attach a clickable link to each technical word/phrase in the policy documents. The link will point to the corresponding explanation in the glossary. Oh dear. Does the absence of any response mean it can't be done? -- Ian |
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Select the word or phrase in the glossary document and copy to the
clipboard. In the other document edit paste as hyperlink. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org news wrote: In message , news writes What I would like to do is attach a clickable link to each technical word/phrase in the policy documents. The link will point to the corresponding explanation in the glossary. Oh dear. Does the absence of any response mean it can't be done? |
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writes Select the word or phrase in the glossary document and copy to the clipboard. In the other document edit paste as hyperlink. Graham, that's almost what I want, except the hyperlink contains the *full* path to the target. I just need the *relative* path (..\..\misc), as the documents root folder may be located anywhere on the network. Is there any way I can specify a relative link, or somehow edit the link to make it relative? -- Ian |
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I don't think this is going to work with relative paths. The best you can
manage, I suspect, would be to ensure that both the document and the glossary are saved in the same folder - that way you can eliminate the path altogether as Word always looks in the document folder if it cannot find the data. Thus you could edit the hyperlink to show Glossary.doc#bookmark to jump to the bookmark in the glossary. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org news wrote: In message , Graham Mayor writes Select the word or phrase in the glossary document and copy to the clipboard. In the other document edit paste as hyperlink. Graham, that's almost what I want, except the hyperlink contains the *full* path to the target. I just need the *relative* path (..\..\misc), as the documents root folder may be located anywhere on the network. Is there any way I can specify a relative link, or somehow edit the link to make it relative? |
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In message , Graham Mayor
writes I don't think this is going to work with relative paths. The best you can manage, I suspect, would be to ensure that both the document and the glossary are saved in the same folder - that way you can eliminate the path altogether as Word always looks in the document folder if it cannot find the data. Thus you could edit the hyperlink to show Glossary.doc#bookmark to jump to the bookmark in the glossary. You set me thinking. I have now discovered "Edit Hyperlink", and there is an option there to select relative links. This was already selected. I then discovered that when I let the cursor hover over the hyperlink, although it shows the full path from C:\ downwards, it is actually a resolved relative path. I moved the files to different folders, and sure enough the full path changed, but the relative path still worked. And in fact, after further experimentation, I discovered that the policy doc (containing the hyperlink) and the glossary do not have to be in the same folder. So, problem solved. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction Graham. -- Ian |
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writes So, problem solved. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction Graham. Hmmm, another snag. The hyperlink works fine. I click on the link in document A, and this takes me to the corresponding bookmark in document B. But in doing this, document A automatically closes. How do I prevent this? -- Ian |
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In the Hyperlink dialog, you can click on Target Frame... and choose New
Window. This will insert the \t "_blank" switch into your HYPERLINK field code. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "news" wrote in message ... In message , news writes So, problem solved. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction Graham. Hmmm, another snag. The hyperlink works fine. I click on the link in document A, and this takes me to the corresponding bookmark in document B. But in doing this, document A automatically closes. How do I prevent this? -- Ian |
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In message , Suzanne S. Barnhill
writes In the Hyperlink dialog, you can click on Target Frame... and choose New Window. This will insert the \t "_blank" switch into your HYPERLINK field code. Another problem solved! As usual, many thanks Suzanne. -- Ian |
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