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Subject:Re: WORD: GRAPHIC LINKS From:"Wing, Michael J" <mjwing -at- INGR -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 25 Mar 1997 09:57:49 -0600
John;
I found the following in the on-line help for Word.
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Reconnect a link in Word when the source file moves or is renamed
1 On the Edit menu, click Links.
2 In the Source File box, click the link you want to reconnect or
change.
To select multiple links, hold down CTRL while you click each link.
3 Click Change Source.
4 In the File Name box, enter the name of the file to which you want to
reconnect or change the link.
If you do not see the file you want to open, select a different folder
or directory from the Look In box.
If you redirect the link to a different file, the new source file must
have been created in the same application as the original source file.
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Mike Wing
INTERGRAPH
| Michael Wing
| & Principal Technical Writer
| Infrastructure Technical Information Development
| Intergraph Corporation; Huntsville, Alabama
| : http://www.ingr.com/iss/products/mapping/
| ( (205) 730-7250
| . mjwing -at- ingr -dot- com
>I could not find any information in the Word documentation or on-line =
>help files regarding how to maintain links when moving files to =
>different directories, media, or computers. Even Microsoft technical =
>support didn't know.
>
>Since I will deliver the source to my customer, I would like to make =
>sure that the customer will not have any problems opening and printing =
>the document with the linked graphics. Consequently, I am asking under =
>what circumstances are links broken? If the graphics files are moved =
>with the document file and positioned with the same relative path, will =
>the links remain OK? If not, what can I do?
>
>Your help is appreciated,
>
>Jon Leer
>Leer Technical Communications
>
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