Hyperlinks

[Kirsten]

When I hyperlink to a MS Word template, it opens up the actual template,
instead of a document created from the template. I researched and found the
following work-around (for Word 2000):

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 278627

1. To create a shortcut to your template, right-click the template file in
Windows Explorer. Then click Create Shortcut on the menu that appears
(shortcut menu).

2. Create a hyperlink to the shortcut LNK file, not the template file.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you create the hyperlink to the shortcut by clicking
Hyperlink on the Insert menu, and then you click Browse to find the shortcut
file, the problem still occurs, because the shortcut resolves to that actual
template. In order for this workaround to work correctly, you must manually
type the path to the shortcut in the Hyperlink dialog box.

After you click the shortcut to the Word template, click Open to open a new
document based on the template. After the new document is opened in your Web
browser, you can save it to your system.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Kirsten:

Did you perhaps intend to post this question in one of the Word 2000
newsgroups?

 

[Kirsten]

Hi Gary,
Actually, I was trying to ask if there was a way to hyperlink, from a task
in Project, to a template in Word. I was in a hurry and didn't word it
well, I see. Sorry. I've found I can hyperlink to a Word template from a
web browser, so I'm trying to figure out why I can't hyperlink to a Word
template from Project.

I've seen work-arounds to hyperlink to a template from within Word (using
macros) , and was wondering if there were any work-arounds for hyperlinking
to a template in Project (in the Tasks). Sorry for the confusion!
-Kirsten