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I have Word documents with many hyperlinks to other documents and web pages
within my site. The documents are converted to PDF format using the Adobe
MakePDF macro that runs in Word. In fact, I have two web sites: an external
one and an internal development site. I want to be able to move a PDF
document from one to the other and have the links point to the documents or
web pages on the appropriate site.
Under Word 2000, I was able to create links of the form:
http:/pdflib/document.pdf
(note there is only one slash character after the http
This worked fine once I used MakePDF to create the pdf version of the
document and posted it on either web site.
Under Word 2002, when I define that http address, Word insists on adding an
extra slash character after the http:, to give
http://pdflib/document.pdf
This looks like a valid URL, but of course it is not - it is missing the
actual web site address. But that web site address will be different
depending on which web site I put the document.
Is there a way to get Word 2002 to save the web address exactly as I enter
it, or will Word 2002 insist that I don't know what I am doing by
'correcting' the http address I type in?
By the way, if I edit a document in Word 2002 with links of this sort
created under Word 2000, but do not touch the links already there, the
MakePDF macro does not mess up the URL, and it works as I want in the PDF
format.
within my site. The documents are converted to PDF format using the Adobe
MakePDF macro that runs in Word. In fact, I have two web sites: an external
one and an internal development site. I want to be able to move a PDF
document from one to the other and have the links point to the documents or
web pages on the appropriate site.
Under Word 2000, I was able to create links of the form:
http:/pdflib/document.pdf
(note there is only one slash character after the http

This worked fine once I used MakePDF to create the pdf version of the
document and posted it on either web site.
Under Word 2002, when I define that http address, Word insists on adding an
extra slash character after the http:, to give
http://pdflib/document.pdf
This looks like a valid URL, but of course it is not - it is missing the
actual web site address. But that web site address will be different
depending on which web site I put the document.
Is there a way to get Word 2002 to save the web address exactly as I enter
it, or will Word 2002 insist that I don't know what I am doing by
'correcting' the http address I type in?
By the way, if I edit a document in Word 2002 with links of this sort
created under Word 2000, but do not touch the links already there, the
MakePDF macro does not mess up the URL, and it works as I want in the PDF
format.