Hyperlinks

[Deniselk]

Can anyone help me with inserting a hyperlink to files that if the file is moved the link can't be broken?

[ZeroHour]

Are you trying to link to a file on a unc share?

If you link the full path such as file://{UNC SHARE}/file then it will work if the file the link is in moves.

[Deniselk]

I don't understand 'unc share' sorry! The situation is that our team has access to the same hard drive in which files are saved and stored. I have had the situation where I have placed a link into a word or excel document only to discover that the link is broken as the file has been moved. I have been told that there is a way of using hyperlinks that even though the files gets moved the document can still be sourced from the original link. Is this true..An example of a filepath format that I have used and then it has been rendered broken due to the file being moved to another location is T:\emu\briefings\extreme heat

[ZeroHour]

Word will create a relative directory when linking to a file but you can type the full path in instead and then if the file with the link in it is moved it will still point to the same place.

Say you had filetolinkto.docx in e:\somewhere\ and you wanted to link to it in a new document you create in e:\somewhereelse\ you would insert a hyperlink as "e:\somewhere\filetolinkto.docx" and it should put insert the link as a full path link rather than a relative one.

A relative link would link to "..\somewhere\filetolinkto.docx" but if you moved the file that link could break if you put the file in say e:\somewhereelse\some2\ as word would look for "filetolinkto.docx" inside the folder "e:\somewhereelse\somewhere\filetolinkto.docx" not "e:\somewhere\filetolinkto.docx"

I am not explaining it well but I hope you get the idea.