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Can I make hyperlinks portable?

I created a Word 2010 document with hyperlinks to references (PDFs) within the text.  I want to make this portable, so the hyperlinks work on whatever computer I (or our clients) use.  I have the Word document and the PDFs saved in the same folder.  I saved the folder on a jump drive, but when I plugged it in to a laptop, I needed to change each hyperlink in order for it to work.  Changing the hyperlink base didn't work.  So now that jump drive works on that specific laptop, but when plugged into another computer the links don't work...

Is there a way to make the links work regardless of what computer we're using?  Thanks!

 

To see how to implement relative paths in Word, check out the solution detailed by fellow MVP Macropod at:


http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php?showtopic=670027

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com
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The lounge site appears to be down:

http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/
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Thank you, but yes, that site appears to be down.  For now, I was able to put the Word document and PDFs on a CD and they hyperlinks worked.  I removed the file path from the insert-hyperlink box from each reference and directed the hyperlink base to the CD.

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I found the article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903163 helpful.

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The article is now at:

http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/154379-Word-Fields-and-Relative-Paths-to-External-Files

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Paul Edstein
(Fmr MS MVP - Word)

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