Hyperlink UNC-path back from relative to absolute?

[Norbert]

My first problem already solved by this:

:
[...]

See if the following works for you as well:
- Go to Tools/Options/General
- Click the Web Options command
- On the Files tab turn off "Update links on save"

[...]

Great tip, thanks a lot.
It helped me because I had the problem that absolute UNC-paths of hyperlinks
were changed to relative UNC-paths with forward slashes (but pointing to file
on our server e.g. ../../../../folder1/folder2/document.doc).

Of course it will help me for the future only.

Unfortunately the process of changing the relative path back to absolute is
not possible though very strange things happen:
In the tool tip I see this:
.../../../../../folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5/dok.doc
Editing the hyperlink I see this:
.../../../../../folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5/dok.doc
But Shift-F9 shows this:
{ HYPERLINK
"\\\\server\\\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\folder4\\folder5\\dok.doc" }
Editing this last string has no affect.

BTW: The relative path is not available and I get a MsgBox: "The address of
this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."
Nevertheless even if it was valid I need absolute paths.

Anybody an idea what's wrong here (Word 2002 10.4219.4219 SP-2)?

Thanks

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Norbert,

Last I heard this is an issue Microsoft is currently investigating.

I believe there is an internal pointer for the hyperlinks that is
saved when the document is saved. You might try inserting file the
contents into a new document (Insert/File) and see if that resolves
the issue.

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My first problem already solved by this:

:
[...]

See if the following works for you as well:
- Go to Tools/Options/General
- Click the Web Options command
- On the Files tab turn off "Update links on save"

[...]

Great tip, thanks a lot.
It helped me because I had the problem that absolute UNC-paths of
hyperlinks
were changed to relative UNC-paths with forward slashes (but
pointing to file
on our server e.g. ../../../../folder1/folder2/document.doc).

Of course it will help me for the future only.

Unfortunately the process of changing the relative path back to
absolute is
not possible though very strange things happen:
In the tool tip I see this:
../../../../../folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5/dok.doc
Editing the hyperlink I see this:
../../../../../folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5/dok.doc
But Shift-F9 shows this:
{ HYPERLINK
"\\\\server\\\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\folder4\\folder5\\dok.doc"
}
Editing this last string has no affect.

BTW: The relative path is not available and I get a MsgBox: "The
address of
this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."
Nevertheless even if it was valid I need absolute paths.

Anybody an idea what's wrong here (Word 2002 10.4219.4219 SP-2)?

Thanks