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Subject:Relative paths in Word links From:Bostjan Chargo <bostjan -dot- cargo -at- hermes -dot- si> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:01:11 +0100
Hi!
I have a problem inserting linked Word document into another Word document.
I'd like to insert it as a linked object, as formatted text (not as a
picture) and use relative paths (the linked document in one directory up the
directory tree). Word automatically creates an absolute path to the linked
document. As I've put the documents under the CVS (concurent versioning)
control, I must use a relative path instead the absolute one. Now, when I
manually change the path string in the link's field code to contain the
relative path, the linked document does not work anymore when I save and
reopen the main document. I get the "Error! Not a valid link." message
instead.
I'm using the double backslashes in the path string as required.
Does anyone have a solution proposal?
Regards,
Bostjan
technical writer
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