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Mail merge removes path information from hyperlink
Hi all,
Not sure what's going on here. I followed the MS KB 912679 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912679) artcile on creating dynamic hyperlinks. I've got my Excel list of names and email addresses from my corporate directory and a set of links (1 for each name) as a "link" field. Inserted my field as { HYPERLINK { MERGEFIELD "link" } \* MERGEFORMAT }, with "link" being the text displayed. Now, here's the weird part. If I Crtl+Click in Word to follow the link... the file opens. If I File-Send To-Mail recipient, the link works in email. If I do the mail merge... the link removes all backslashes, and some words, leaving the link as "G:PinDeptPinUserBissonnette" instead of "G:\PinDept\PinUser\Timesheets\2008-2009\Robert Bissonnette 2008 - 2009.xls" Any ideas how I can get this to work with the proper link? I'd hate to do File-Send to- Mail Recipient for all 90+ users. Would defeat the whole purpsoe of the mail merge! Thanks in advance for your help, -Robert |
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Mail merge removes path information from hyperlink
Try unchecking - tools options general web options files update
link on save. Do all the recipients have access to the linked folder in question? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Beeawwb wrote: Hi all, Not sure what's going on here. I followed the MS KB 912679 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912679) artcile on creating dynamic hyperlinks. I've got my Excel list of names and email addresses from my corporate directory and a set of links (1 for each name) as a "link" field. Inserted my field as { HYPERLINK { MERGEFIELD "link" } \* MERGEFORMAT }, with "link" being the text displayed. Now, here's the weird part. If I Crtl+Click in Word to follow the link... the file opens. If I File-Send To-Mail recipient, the link works in email. If I do the mail merge... the link removes all backslashes, and some words, leaving the link as "G:PinDeptPinUserBissonnette" instead of "G:\PinDept\PinUser\Timesheets\2008-2009\Robert Bissonnette 2008 - 2009.xls" Any ideas how I can get this to work with the proper link? I'd hate to do File-Send to- Mail Recipient for all 90+ users. Would defeat the whole purpsoe of the mail merge! Thanks in advance for your help, -Robert |
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Mail merge removes path information from hyperlink
Hi Graham,
Thanks for your reply. I tried updating that setting but it didn't change the link not being correct. After some experimentation I did hit upon the solution though. By changing all the \'s to \\'s, the formatting was preserved in the merge. Thanks again! -Robert "Graham Mayor" wrote: Try unchecking - tools options general web options files update link on save. Do all the recipients have access to the linked folder in question? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Beeawwb wrote: Hi all, Not sure what's going on here. I followed the MS KB 912679 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912679) artcile on creating dynamic hyperlinks. I've got my Excel list of names and email addresses from my corporate directory and a set of links (1 for each name) as a "link" field. Inserted my field as { HYPERLINK { MERGEFIELD "link" } \* MERGEFORMAT }, with "link" being the text displayed. Now, here's the weird part. If I Crtl+Click in Word to follow the link... the file opens. If I File-Send To-Mail recipient, the link works in email. If I do the mail merge... the link removes all backslashes, and some words, leaving the link as "G:PinDeptPinUserBissonnette" instead of "G:\PinDept\PinUser\Timesheets\2008-2009\Robert Bissonnette 2008 - 2009.xls" Any ideas how I can get this to work with the proper link? I'd hate to do File-Send to- Mail Recipient for all 90+ users. Would defeat the whole purpsoe of the mail merge! Thanks in advance for your help, -Robert |
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