Sunday, July 26, 2020

Relative References in Word

I have links to a spreadsheet from Word.  By default, those links are a full path to the Excel file: 

C:\\Users\\clayton\\Documents\\WRITING\\MassMurder\\MassMurderIntermediary.xlsx

I need this set of files to be portable (allowing me to send the Word, Excel, and Access files to someone else.)  I tried 

.\\MassMurderIntermediary.xlsx

and 

MassMurderIntermediary.xlsx

In both cases, Error! Not a valid link

Suggestions?

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  1. LCBJuly 28, 2020 at 7:05 AM

    You should only use the double slash after C:\\ The rest should be single \

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  2. SJJuly 29, 2020 at 12:56 PM

    when I search for "relative references in Word document", I get lots of results for doing the opposite: turning a relative-reference hyperlink to an absolute-path-hyperlink.

    The Microsoft support item that may be on-point is here.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/903163/how-to-create-absolute-hyperlinks-and-relative-hyperlinks-in-word-docu

    Can you find the "Update links on Save" option for that file? Most of the distinction may be based on that.

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