Attached word file keeps updating the file path

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I'm having trouble with Office 2003. When I attach a word file to an email
message, even if I protect the file, and turn off auto-updates, when I open
the file via Outlook the path updates to the temporary path...If I save the
file to my desktop, and then open it, the file retains the original location
from the server. The problem is, my clients are going to open it via Outlook
and then print it. Therefore they will have a temporary path and won't be
able tell us the correct path. Any ideas?
 
What path are we talking about and where? Since we are talking about an
internal mailing; Why don't you send a shortcut to the file instead?

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
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This makes perfect sense when you realize that the file in the email message
is a copy of the original and knows nothing about the original server
location. If you want the user to open the file on the server, send a link,
not a copy of the file.
 
Thank you for your quick responses, but I don't think I explained my
situation properly. I'll try and be more specific...I want to email our
meeting minutes to the client. When I open the file on our server, it shows
the path where the file is stored. I want to "freeze" / "lock" the file so it
no longer auto-updates the file name. This way, I can send the client the
file, and it will retain OUR path, not auto-update the new location on their
server. The more I think about it, maybe it just isn't possible. Our
temporary solution was to publish the file as a .PDF.
 
Attachments to email messages have no paths unless you send a shortcut link.
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I'm still not sure you understand my problem...I inserted a PATH field (i.e.
{ filename \* mergeformat}) into my word document. It shows up in the footer
and when I save it, updates to where I've stored it, and includes the path.

For instance, if I saved it in my networked drive p: in a folder called
projects, it will read p:\\projects\004-04\filename.doc.

I want the path field to not update when I send it to another computer. So
if I email it to someone and they save the file to their hard drive, and then
open it, the path field will not update until I hit save from WORD. However,
if i open it straight through outlook it updates without saving. Can i make
it not update when I open it outlook?
 
....making it a Word issue and not an Outlook issue. Outlook doesn't control
how atachments are being displayed. This is done by the application that you
open them in. You should ask this in a Word newsgroup.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
-Creating a Permanent New Mail Desktop Alert in Outlook 2003
 
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