Stop Word from changing relative links to absolute ones

[Opinicus]

Using Word 2002 (SP3).

I know Word's not the best choice for HTML editing but surely it ought to be
better than this:

I made a small addition to a page of links on our website. The page
functioned normally when accessed from my hard disk. I uploaded the page to
the website and accessed it to test it--and all of the pictures were blank!
I checked the source and discovered that word had replace all my relative
links with absolute ones pointing to a folder on my hard disk! I used
Notepad to put the links back to the way they were.

Surely this behavior is a mistake, isn't it? Who'd want to do such a dumb
thing as replace relative links with absolute ones? Especially without
telling you about it.

Can this "feature" be turned off?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Look at the help topic "Set a hyperlink base". If it works as
advertised, please post back and let us know -- there have been
complaints that it either doesn't work or works only intermittently.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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