Hyperlink Errors 2

[furley]

Is anyone aware of a bug in Excel that disrupts a hyperlink's path when the document is saved? In a workbook I created, the path to a hyperlink gets prepended with "../../../.." replacing the "\\NetPath01" when I save the workbook, no matter how many times I correct it and no matter how I go about editing or creating the hyperlink. Now, the weird part about it, is that this will only happen if the file is being saved on a network drive as opposed to a local drive. Any knowledge or fix you may have would be GREATLY appreciated.

 

[Flareman]

furley
Hyperlinks are used by browsers in two different ways, either absolute (as in

http://www.eng-tips.com)

or relative in which case the address takes a BASE (such as the current page) and refers to others with a path which includes .. and / to designate back and down.
Go to file|properties|summary and set a base for the hyperlinks. Perhaps it could be the root directory of your network.
It works for me, but then I hadn't noticed a problem in the first place

David

 

[furley]

YEP!!! That worked!! Thanks!! That is just one of those things that I have never come across.