Hi,

Is it possible in Word 2003 to create a hyperlink to an image file
that is in the same directory as the document itself, without knowing
the full path?

thanks,
Sean

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:39 AM
Subject: relative hyperlinks


Hi,

Is it possible in Word 2003 to create a hyperlink to an image file
that is in the same directory as the document itself, without knowing
the full path?

thanks,
Sean

Hello Sean,
This is the second consecutive day that you've posed the
same question?

If your not aware of the path and/or loaction?
How could you possibly confirm the accuracy of your link?

Do you know the name of the file you desire to link to?
If so?
Open Windows Explorer
place your active mouse on C:
Select the search icon or option
type in the file name the path will show "IF,"

in the Tools/ Folder Options /View/
and under FILES AND FOLDERS
you have the line checked which reads:
Display the full path in the address bar.

I think what Sean is trying to accomplish is relative links that will still
work when the document and linked files (all in the same folder) are moved
to a different folder, for example, by being copied to a CD or emailed to
someone else for installation on another computer.

--
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.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:39 AM
Subject: relative hyperlinks


Hi,

Is it possible in Word 2003 to create a hyperlink to an image file
that is in the same directory as the document itself, without knowing
the full path?

thanks,
Sean

Hello Sean,
This is the second consecutive day that you've posed
the
same question?

If your not aware of the path and/or loaction?
How could you possibly confirm the accuracy of your link?

Do you know the name of the file you desire to link to?
If so?
Open Windows Explorer
place your active mouse on C:
Select the search icon or option
type in the file name the path will show "IF,"

in the Tools/ Folder Options /View/
and under FILES AND FOLDERS
you have the line checked which reads:
Display the full path in the address bar.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 12:15 PM
Subject: relative hyperlinks


I think what Sean is trying to accomplish is relative links that will still
work when the document and linked files (all in the same folder) are moved
to a different folder, for example, by being copied to a CD or emailed to
someone else for installation on another computer.

--
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.

"lostinspace" wrote in message
...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:39 AM
Subject: relative hyperlinks


Hi,

Is it possible in Word 2003 to create a hyperlink to an image file
that is in the same directory as the document itself, without knowing
the full path?

thanks,
Sean

Hello Sean,
This is the second consecutive day that you've posed
the
same question?

If your not aware of the path and/or loaction?
How could you possibly confirm the accuracy of your link?

Do you know the name of the file you desire to link to?
If so?
Open Windows Explorer
place your active mouse on C:
Select the search icon or option
type in the file name the path will show "IF,"

in the Tools/ Folder Options /View/
and under FILES AND FOLDERS
you have the line checked which reads:
Display the full path in the address bar.




Hello Suzanne,
Nice that you were able to come to that
conclusion after I took the time to submit a reply to his second request ;-)
(tongue-in-cheek)

Last weekend I made an extensive effort to explain some similar (as realted
to web pages) in
microsoft.public.word.web.authoring

whether there exists similar path and image options in Word itself? I cannot
tell you.
I do not generally insert images into Word. Although I have on some very
rare ocassions when the end product was PDF.

The lengthy recent thread (minus my submissions because I use the NO ARCHIVE
option on all NG submissions) may be viewed at:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=gr...x.gbl&rn um=1

The person I was attempting to assist forwarded back most everything.

Path statements to me (and any file associations which might be related to
path) are a simple matter to me because most everything I do is structured
around web pages.
It has been my "perception" that many users of both Windows and Word fail
in being aware of simple paths.
Perhaps MS should removed the My Documents folder and that default setting
from the next version of Windows :-))) then bring back the DOS screen and
let people learn paths and directory structures?