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Subject:RE: Word 2000 SNAFU? From:"Newman, Sarah H" <snewman -at- bechtel -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:46:48 -0600
Actually, I've seen just the opposite problem -- using path names with
spaces in them seems to break links (only sometimes in Word). I've seem the
problem particularly when using RD fields to create a TOC. My workaround is
to replace the spaces with underscores, and then it works (and on new
projects, use underscores).
Sarah Newman
BECHTEL CORPORATION
Information Systems and Technology
713-235-3352
281-240-9111
Folks in my company are experiencing a Word 2000 oddity (see the message
that follows my mildly coherent ramblings)... has anyone experienced (or
heard of) "an underscore in the file name vs. linking to that file" problem
in Word 2000? We've tried and can't duplicate the error... we've researched
this on the known Word Oops sites and come up with nothing... any help would
be MORE than appreciated!
Several people have pointed out to me today that the use of an underscore in
a document or folder name breaks the ability to link to it sometimes using
Word 2000. Has this been brought up to you? Have we considered just using
a space or a dash?
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