Word 2007 Table of Figures Hyperlinks

[tbert00]

When a Table of Figures is created in Word 2007, the hyperlinks are hard
coded to the document's directory path and do not change when the document is
moved to another directory or sent to another user. To solve this problem,
you must save the document in Word 2003 format (.doc). The hyperlinks will
then be correct and change with the document.

The hyperlinks that are created when a Table of Contents is inserted seem to
behave correctly in Word 2007.

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[DeanH]

Select the whole Table of Figures, Shft+F9, what code do you see?
You should see something like: {TOC \h \z \c "Figure"}

 

[tbert00]

DeanH,

Following your advice, I get: {TOC \f F \h \z \t "Figure TR" \c}. The "\h"
switch inserts TOC entries as hyperlinks, but there is no place to instruct
the command to only refer to the current document. This switch only toggles
hyperlinks on or off. The "\b" and "\c" switches look promising, but I can
find no help on how to manipulate the TOC command for Word 2007, and only
found info under Word 2003. The TOC command could stand some improvement and
certainly needs better documentation.

Tbert00

 

[DeanH]

How did you create the figure captions? Insert, Reference, Caption, Figure
(or whatever the comparable 2007 instructions are)?
The \f switch refers to "using TC entries instead of the standard outline
styles"
The \t switch refers to "using style names other than the standard outline
styles".

I do a lot of List of Figures and List of Tables, and as I use the Insert,
Reference, Caption methods and then use Insert, Reference, Indexes and
Tables, Table of Figures tab, and change the Caption Lable option as required
my resulting List/table does not have the problem you describe.
I don't know if 2007 is drastically different in this regard but I have not
noticed any major problems with lists/tables created in this manner.
All the best
DeanH

 

[Stefan Blom]

At least in some versions, there could be problems with hyperlinked tables
of contents if a "Hyperlink base" was specified in the Properties dialog
box, but in a quick test I have been unable to reproduce that error in Word
2007.

(To open the Properties dialog box in Word 2007: Click the Office button,
and then click Prepare | Properties. Click Document Properties and then
click Advanced Properties. You'll find the "Hyperlink base" box on the
Summary tab.)

 

[tbert00]

Stefan,

I checked the Hyperlink Base property and nothing is specified for that
property. To create my Table of Figures, I created a Quick Style and applied
it to the figure titles, then created the Table of Figures based on that
Quick Style. This was the same procedure I used to create the Table of
Contents, and I have not had any problems with the TOC hyperlinks updating
when the document is moved to another directory. The document was originally
created in Word 2007 format, and if I save it in Word 2003 format, Both the
Table of Contents and the Table of Figures properly update the hyperlinks
when the document is moved to another directory.

Tbert00

 

[Stefan Blom]

This is certainly strange.

If you want to, I'd be interested in taking a look at the file. You can send
it (or relevant parts of it) to (e-mail address removed).

 

[Stefan Blom]

Follow-up: The issue remains unresolved. I haven't even been able to
reproduce the issue. I have recommended the OP to repost the question in a
separate newsgroup thread.

 

[ChrisP]

I have been having the same issue.

Do you have your figures set to "above and below" text wrapping?

I have noticed that when you set pictures to this, then add a caption, it is
created in a box, and the links from the table of figures don't work.

If you leave the wrapping as "in line with text" and add the caption it
appears as normal text and the links work.