Why do the addresses of embedded URLs keep getting changed?

[chris.a.mitchell]

We have a document management system, LiveLink, where I file Word
ducuments.

One of these documents contains links to other ducuments within
LiveLink. I have constructed the links using a variety of methods, but
they all suffer the same fate. I open the document and close it
without making changes. Sometimes I am asked if I want to save the
changes, even though I have not made any. When I re-open the ducument
I find that the address of the hyperlinks have been changed as follows:

1.
http://livelink.intra.X.com/livelin...h&nodeId=30963061&docTitle=DonorTemplateGuide

becomes

.../../../../../livelink/livelink.exe/DonorTemplateGuide.doc?func=doc.Fetch&nodeId=30963061&docTitle=DonorTemplateGuide

2.
http://livelink.intra.X.com/livelinkdav/nodes/30876979/DonorTemplateGuide.doc


becomes

.../../../30876979/DonorTemplateGuide.doc

3.
http://livelink.intra.X.com/livelin...plateGui...doc?func=doc.fetch&nodeid=30963061


becomes

.../../../../../livelink/livelink.exe/30963061/DonorTemplateGui...doc?func=doc.fetch&nodeid=30963061

4. http://livelink.intra.X.com/livelinkdav/nodes/30827827/Team
Area/WeeklyHighlightReports/DonorTemplateGuide.doc

becomes

DonorTemplateGuide.doc

These URLs all point to the same document within LL.

I have seen a solution that talked about fixing this by using something
like
http://port.80/livelink/livelink.exe......... cant't remember the exact
format, but this did not work.

I would like to understand why Word is changing the URLs and how to
prevent it.

 

[chris.a.mitchell]

In house team have come up with the solution, which is all to do with
absolute vs relative hyperlinks.