Link changing from relative to absolute (Word 97 on network)

[dale.lacey]

I'm trying to set up a link within a word document to a Visio chart, and I want it defined as relative, like this:

<hr>LINK Visio.Drawing.5 "GraphicsSubunits.vsd" d<hr>

I can enter the field okay, but when I update fields, it gets changed to absolute. Like this:

<hr>LINK Visio.Drawing.5 "NCS099_DATA_SERVERDATADATAPOLPLANGENERALDaleGraph icsSubunits.vsd" d<hr>

Any ideas?
Dale

[ChrisP]

I am by no means one of yer gurus, but I don't think this is possible.

Annoying isn't it? I'll watch the reponses with interest.

ChrisP

[Dreamboat]

Frankly, I've never heard of "relative" links in Word docs. Why do you need them to be "relative"? Perhaps that will shed some light and we can help better.

[ChrisP]

With the INCLUDEPICTURE field it is acceptable to edit it so that 'c:garbagegarbagegraphicsthis.bmp' becomes 'graphicsthis.bmp'. I find this very useful when it comes to moving documents between drives/machines/etc. Word97 might think that it can update all the paths successfully, but this is not my experience.

Mr Lacey simply asked if the same was possible with LINK field.

ChrisP

[BAM]

Hi Dale,

It is my understanding that if the images are placed in the same folder that the document is placed in or a subfolder, they will be relative links.

This functions correctly in a test environment, however I haven't experimented with it in a network environment.
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[Dreamboat]

Aha, well, thanks. When I created manuals (and I don't anymore), I never used fields (didn't know about them then). I just copied everything to the folder on my hard drive and gave the client a readme file with the CD. Sometimes, they wanted to open from CD. Back then, there weren't RWs, so we had to burn a disk with my graphics folder, and then burn the new disk with the docs and the graphics. Seems I'm really getting away from being a user lately. Gotta keep up here at WOPR and others.

[dale.lacey]

Thanks everyone.

[BAM]

Hi Dale,

You should be able to place the images in subfolders as well.
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[dale.lacey]

Thanks, BAM

But now we've gone full circle (or have I missed something).

Yes, I can create a field pointing to "Subdocsfilename", but as soon as I update it Word changes it to "FullpathSubdocsfilename".

And if I display fields and edit the full path out, it gets reinserted each time I update fields.

Dale

[BAM]

Hi Dale,

Do you get relative links if the document and Visio drawings are in the same folder?

[dale.lacey]

No.