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Absolute, not relative links to LAN
Word 2003 SP3, Windows XP
When I add a link to a file on the LAN, it rewrites itself in the format (some sort of html thing, I think): ../../File%20Name However, what I added in the hyperlink address box was \\ServerName\ShareName\ FolderName\File Name. When I hover the mouse over the link it shows as a correct address: file:///\\ServerName etc., but the link itself is in the garbled html format. This seems to happen as soon as I add the link. I browse to the correct folder and select the file, but right away it rewrites the link. What seems to be happening is that Word regards the current location of the file as an ephemeral thing. If I am in ServerName\ShareName\FolderName\File Name, and I move the file to My Documents, I get as the hover information: file:///C:\Documents And Settings\UserName\File Name However, since the file is on the server, the link of course fails. If the document is in My Documents (or elsewhere on my local hard drive, I think), a link to a server location on the LAN is preserved when I move the file to the LAN location, even if I change and save the document. However, if the file is on a server on the LAN, and I link to another location on the same server, the link address in the hyperlink dialog box turns to mush. I think that's how it works from what I can figure out. I don't know if this is a setting, feature, or bug. I did not have the problem before some "experts" reconfigured my computer, so it could be that they messed something up or failed to install an update or something of the sort, or maybe it is a "feature" that I cannot figure out how to turn off. I turned off "Update automatic links at open", and another option about automatic links, but to no avail. Essentially, I want to convince Word that when I add a link to a LAN location, I mean I want that specific location and none other. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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Absolute, not relative links to LAN
I have noted that the problem occurs only when browsing to a link. If it is
typed in, or if I copy it from another document, it seems to be OK. Another point: When I first browse to the link it is inserted in partial gibberish: ..\..\File Name However, when I close and reopen the hyperlink dialog, it is converted to forward slashes and %20 for spaces. If I manually edit the link, replacing ..\..\ with the server, share, and folder names, the link stays as I put it. It seems to rearrange itself only when browsing to a link under the conditions mentioned in my OP. BruceM wrote: Word 2003 SP3, Windows XP When I add a link to a file on the LAN, it rewrites itself in the format (some sort of html thing, I think): ../../File%20Name However, what I added in the hyperlink address box was \\ServerName\ShareName\ FolderName\File Name. When I hover the mouse over the link it shows as a correct address: file:///\\ServerName etc., but the link itself is in the garbled html format. This seems to happen as soon as I add the link. I browse to the correct folder and select the file, but right away it rewrites the link. What seems to be happening is that Word regards the current location of the file as an ephemeral thing. If I am in ServerName\ShareName\FolderName\File Name, and I move the file to My Documents, I get as the hover information: file:///C:\Documents And Settings\UserName\File Name However, since the file is on the server, the link of course fails. If the document is in My Documents (or elsewhere on my local hard drive, I think), a link to a server location on the LAN is preserved when I move the file to the LAN location, even if I change and save the document. However, if the file is on a server on the LAN, and I link to another location on the same server, the link address in the hyperlink dialog box turns to mush. I think that's how it works from what I can figure out. I don't know if this is a setting, feature, or bug. I did not have the problem before some "experts" reconfigured my computer, so it could be that they messed something up or failed to install an update or something of the sort, or maybe it is a "feature" that I cannot figure out how to turn off. I turned off "Update automatic links at open", and another option about automatic links, but to no avail. Essentially, I want to convince Word that when I add a link to a LAN location, I mean I want that specific location and none other. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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