Absolute links vs relative links in main merge document

I have a very large document with multiple authors. I want to link to each
document part and later move the main document and all the parts to another
network, however, the hyperlinks are absolute instead of relative. How can I
change the links so they are relative?
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TB

In the document properties dialog, you can change the hyperlink base for the
main document

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"TB" wrote in message
...
I have a very large document with multiple authors. I want to link to each
document part and later move the main document and all the parts to
another
network, however, the hyperlinks are absolute instead of relative. How can
I
change the links so they are relative?
--
TB

I have tried this, but I must be thick. Does the hyperlink base have to
include the absolute path? I would prefer to include the main folder so
relative links will be associated to the folder only and not the entire path.
This way, I can move the main folder to another network. Please provide an
example of how the hyperlink base should be entered. Thank you.
--
TB


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

In the document properties dialog, you can change the hyperlink base for the
main document

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"TB" wrote in message
...
I have a very large document with multiple authors. I want to link to each
document part and later move the main document and all the parts to
another
network, however, the hyperlinks are absolute instead of relative. How can
I
change the links so they are relative?
--
TB

As an alternative, you could use the following code in a macro to update all
of the Hyperlinks in a document:

' Macro created 26/10/01 by Doug Robbins to update links in a document
'
Dim alink As Field, linktype As Range, linkfile As Range
Dim linklocation As Range, i As Integer, j As Integer, linkcode As Range
Dim Message, Title, Default, Newfile
Dim counter As Integer



counter = 0
For Each alink In ActiveDocument.Fields
If alink.Type = wdFieldLink Then

Set linkcode = alink.Code
i = InStr(linkcode, Chr(34))
Set linktype = alink.Code
linktype.End = linktype.Start + i
j = InStr(Mid(linkcode, i + 1), Chr(34))
Set linklocation = alink.Code
linklocation.Start = linklocation.Start + i + j - 1
If counter = 0 Then
Set linkfile = alink.Code
linkfile.End = linkfile.Start + i + j - 1
linkfile.Start = linkfile.Start + i
Message = "Enter the modified path and filename following this
Format " & linkfile
Title = "Update Link"
Default = linkfile
Newfile = InputBox(Message, Title, Default)
End If
linkcode.Text = linktype & Newfile & linklocation
counter = counter + 1
End If
Next alink


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"TB" wrote in message
...
I have tried this, but I must be thick. Does the hyperlink base have to
include the absolute path? I would prefer to include the main folder so
relative links will be associated to the folder only and not the entire
path.
This way, I can move the main folder to another network. Please provide an
example of how the hyperlink base should be entered. Thank you.
--
TB


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

In the document properties dialog, you can change the hyperlink base for
the
main document

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"TB" wrote in message
...
I have a very large document with multiple authors. I want to link to
each
document part and later move the main document and all the parts to
another
network, however, the hyperlinks are absolute instead of relative. How
can
I
change the links so they are relative?
--
TB