Office XP and relative links

[philip]

Hi everyone ...

I have noticed that in the XP version of Office programs
(such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint) the tick box for making
hyperlinks relative (as opposed to absolute) is nowhere
to be found anymore.

In my previous experiences with Office 97 (and also
Office 98 for Mac), it was very easy to make relative
links. In XP however I have tried to find info about it
but it seems impossible to find. The help files do
mention the difference of relative and absolute links and
what de benefits are, but don't tell me how to create
such relative links anymore ...

I have tried manually typing relative paths (using ../ to
move up a folder etc.) but even that was not successful.

This is especially frustrating since I was hoping to
create my own website with Publisher ... but creating a
website without being able to use relative links is like
trying to make ice cream in hell ...

If anyone can give me the missing hint ... please do so.

Thanks

Philip

 

[Echo S]

I don't know anything about relative vs absolute links for Word, Excel
and Publisher, but for PPT, if you put the file to be linked to in the
folder along with your PPT presentation before you insert it into the
presentation, PPT will create a relative link. You'll just want to make
sure to keep the file and the PPT presentation in the same folder if you
move it elsewhere. Or if you're creating an autorun CD, put the file and
the PPT presentation both on the CD itself, not in a folder.

 

[philip]

That's exactly what I want to avoid ... being forced to
keep all files in the same directory (because it is
messy).

Also, I am getting very frustrated about the fact that
apparently nobody has the answer as to where this feature
from previous versions has gone ... especially since in
other programs from other vendors the feature is still
there ...

Thanks anyway for your response ... at least you try to
give an answer.

Philip

-----Original Message-----
I don't know anything about relative vs absolute links for Word, Excel
and Publisher, but for PPT, if you put the file to be linked to in the
folder along with your PPT presentation before you insert it into the
presentation, PPT will create a relative link. You'll just want to make
sure to keep the file and the PPT presentation in the same folder if you
move it elsewhere. Or if you're creating an autorun CD, put the file and
the PPT presentation both on the CD itself, not in a folder.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Hi everyone ...

I have noticed that in the XP version of Office programs
(such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint) the tick box for making
hyperlinks relative (as opposed to absolute) is nowhere
to be found anymore.

In my previous experiences with Office 97 (and also
Office 98 for Mac), it was very easy to make relative
links. In XP however I have tried to find info about it
but it seems impossible to find. The help files do
mention the difference of relative and absolute links and
what de benefits are, but don't tell me how to create
such relative links anymore ...

I have tried manually typing relative paths (using ../ to
move up a folder etc.) but even that was not successful.

This is especially frustrating since I was hoping to
create my own website with Publisher ... but creating a
website without being able to use relative links is like
trying to make ice cream in hell ...

If anyone can give me the missing hint ... please do so.

Thanks

Philip

.

 

[Echo S]

Also, I am getting very frustrated about the fact that
apparently nobody has the answer as to where this feature
from previous versions has gone ... especially since in
other programs from other vendors the feature is still
there ...

If you're referring to the tickbox that used to appear, for instance, on
the dialog when you'd use Insert/Picture/From File in PPT, then it's
still there--it's just quite so "in your face."

Go to Insert/Picture/From File and click the little arrow next to the
Insert button. You'll have an option to link or to insert the picture.
This is available in Word, and I assume in Excel as well.

I like to think MS moved this because so many people would link images,
not realizing that this creates absolute links as opposed to relative
ones. So I'm okay with it where it is.