TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Relative paths in Word From:David Rapport <dave -at- NETMEDIA -dot- NET -dot- IL> Date:Tue, 5 Aug 1997 11:21:21 +0200
I have started using relative paths in Word for inserting graphics into a
document. The advantage of this is that it does not matter what drive you
are on, provided you have, say, a sub-directory called "Figures" you will
always get the pictures in the doc. It's great for distributing
documentation on CD.
Unfortunately relative paths don't always seem to work and I haven't been
able to work out how to get the pictures to appear every time.
Sometimes they appear as they should, sometimes a simple F9 (Update fields)
does the trick, sometimes the only thing to do is to relink.
Can anyone out there help?
Thanks,
David
TECHWR-L (Technical Communication) List Information: To send a message
to 2500+ readers, e-mail to TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU -dot- Send commands
to LISTSERV -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU (e.g. HELP or SIGNOFF TECHWR-L).
Search the archives at http://www.documentation.com/ or search and
browse the archives at http://listserv.okstate.edu/archives/techwr-l.html
