Hyperlinks changing on copy from server

Create a new word doc on the server. Hit save to ensure you are
working on the server.
Insert>Hyperlink: type some text, make the address:
file:\\server\share\dork.txt

Save the document

If I open it on the server, the link stays the same.
If I copy the file to my desktop, then open the desktop version, it now
says: file:///C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\dork.txt

If I then delete the file from the server, and copy the one from my
desktop, the hyperlink is now fixed! Word is doing something to the
file, but I can't see how to fix this.

If I work completely on my local machine, all hyperlinks to
files/directories remain intact when copied up to the server, and even
remain intact when I copy that file back off the server. It's only
when working on the server that links to servers break on a copy off
the server. The copy off server occurs even when sending an email,
breaking all the links.

What's up with that?

macropod
Fri Oct 28 03:09:35 CDT 2005

This is happening because Word is converting the network path for links on
the server to Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format. When you copy the
file to a location that isn't on the network, Word converts the links back
to the std format, with its best guess at where they should point.

Se the MSKB article 171406 at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q171406/
for information on how to change this behaviour.

Cheers


<deja3-user@bitrealm.com> wrote in message
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> Create a new word doc on the server. Hit save to ensure you are
> working on the server.
> Insert>Hyperlink: type some text, make the address:
> file:\\server\share\dork.txt
>
> Save the document
>
> If I open it on the server, the link stays the same.
> If I copy the file to my desktop, then open the desktop version, it now
> says: file:///C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\dork.txt
>
> If I then delete the file from the server, and copy the one from my
> desktop, the hyperlink is now fixed! Word is doing something to the
> file, but I can't see how to fix this.
>
> If I work completely on my local machine, all hyperlinks to
> files/directories remain intact when copied up to the server, and even
> remain intact when I copy that file back off the server. It's only
> when working on the server that links to servers break on a copy off
> the server. The copy off server occurs even when sending an email,
> breaking all the links.
>
> What's up with that?
>