Hyperlinks to internal bookmarks vs. hyperlinks to other documents

[Stoffel]

I've made a Word document containing both hyperlinks to internal bookmarks
elsewhere in the document, as well as to documents elsewhere on a network
location.

I used option "hyperlink base" (File - Properties - ) because the external
links are many and I don't want other users to change all those when
receiving the document.

But doing so, the internal links to locations within the document itself
won't work anymore: by clicking the link, Word opens the "File open" dialog
box as if it wants to look up for a file instead of a internal bookmark.
Nevertheless, I set "Link to" within the "Hyperlink change" box to option
"Location within this document".

So why is Word looking up for a external *file* when I explicitly stated it
to point to an internal *bookmark within the document* itself? it appears
very illogical to me and rather a bug or so.

The only way to fix the problem so far is to leave the "Hyperlink base" blank.

Could anyone help me out here?

I've already tried the option "Cross reference" but the same problem still
remaining.

Thanks a lot!
Stoffel.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Stoffel -

I'm giving you my own dummy's interpretation but I'm sure someone will be
along with something more technically accurate

First, there's no real difference between an "external" hyperlink & an
"internal" hyperlink other than that the external link knows only to look
outside the file in which it's contained to find it's target. The so-called
"internal" hyperlink is educated to look outside the document & chase it's
tail back into the same one. The *real* distinction you're running into is
what's at issue when you change that Hyperlink Base setting...

Relative hyperlink v. Absolute hyperlink & the effect on their path.

However, the very fact that you have that particular setting tells me you're
using a Windows version of Word & this is a group for the Mac version. Have
a look at the following page for the appropriate WinWord group & be sure to
provide all relevant details - including version:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Don King]

Re: Hyperlinks to internal bookmarks vs. hyperlinks to otherdocuments

Hi Stoffel -

I'm giving you my own dummy's interpretation but I'm sure someone will be
along with something more technically accurate

First, there's no real difference between an "external" hyperlink & an
"internal" hyperlink other than that the external link knows only to look
outside the file in which it's contained to find it's target. The so-called
"internal" hyperlink is educated to look outside the document & chase it's
tail back into the same one. The *real* distinction you're running into is
what's at issue when you change that Hyperlink Base setting...

Relative hyperlink v. Absolute hyperlink & the effect on their path.

However, the very fact that you have that particular setting tells me you're
using a Windows version of Word & this is a group for the Mac version. Have
a look at the following page for the appropriate WinWord group & be sure to
provide all relevant details - including version:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac


On 5/23/08 11:25 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "Stoffel"
<(e-mail address removed)> wrote:

> I've made a Word document containing both hyperlinks to internal bookmarks
> elsewhere in the document, as well as to documents elsewhere on a network
> location.
>
> I used option "hyperlink base" (File - Properties - ) because the external
> links are many and I don't want other users to change all those when
> receiving the document.
>
> But doing so, the internal links to locations within the document itself
> won't work anymore: by clicking the link, Word opens the "File open" dialog
> box as if it wants to look up for a file instead of a internal bookmark.
> Nevertheless, I set "Link to" within the "Hyperlink change" box to option
> "Location within this document".
>
> So why is Word looking up for a external *file* when I explicitly stated it
> to point to an internal *bookmark within the document* itself? it appears
> very illogical to me and rather a bug or so.
>
> The only way to fix the problem so far is to leave the "Hyperlink base" blank.
>
> Could anyone help me out here?
>
> I've already tried the option "Cross reference" but the same problem still
> remaining.
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Stoffel.

Hello Stoffel:
I have a similar situation in MS Word 8 for MAC.
I have created a large genealogical history document - 200 + pages with lots of people. Each person has two pages hyperlinked to each other. One page has base data about the person. The second page has many hyperlinks to a separate folder holding media documents. So... I have both internal hyperlinks (to bookmarks inside the document) and to files housed in another folder. I want to create a pdf file for the main word document with hyperlinks that work. The idea is to save this to a DVD disc for use by others in the family on other computers (PC or MAC). Presently, one requires a browser to access the media files. How can I set the hyperlinks to be absolute for the separate folder and relative for the bookmarks inside the document? I'm trying to make this easy for the user - it isn't now.

Thanks
Don King