Turn shortcuts into word hyperlinks?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Is there a quick, easy way to turn a folder filled with shortcuts, into a
list of hyperlinks in a Word.doc?
 
What sort of shortcuts?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
 
'shortcuts to folders on a server. I can laboriously 'get properties' on
each shortcut, one by one, copy the target path, then go to the word.doc,
type the shortcut name, and create a hyperlink to that folder. But there are
hundreds of these, and it is way tedious.

I'm trying to migrate from a hastily-concocted folder filled with shortcuts
that I intentionally renamed so each starts with due date and therefore all
auto-sort in project due date order.

But since Explorer doesn't let us add columns to folder lists or tag folders
in color or define custom properties for folders, I thought of migrating the
whole thing into a Word table where the shortcuts would be replaced by
hyperlinks and where I could add columns for the purpose of keeping track of
more parameters, tasks and metadata on each project.
 
Open Windows Explorer and display the folder that contains the shortcuts.
Select them, then use the right mouse button to drag them into the Word
document. When prompted, choose Create Hyperlink Here.

You'll need to separate the links if you want them as a list, but dragging
does the basic job of getting them into Word as hyperlinks.
 
Herb, that's so simple it's embarrassing. I had tried dragging them with the
left mouse button down but all it did was create useless grey-box objects
containing the shortcut file names appended with .lnk extensions. Guess I
never knew - or had reason to try - the right mouse button trick. Thanks!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

List all hyperlinks? 3
how to hyperlink to folder in MOSS document library 0
Hyperlink from Access To Word 3
Hyperlinks to Shortcuts don't work in Word 2007 2
Hyperlinks to open templates 1
Shortcut to Toggle Table of Contents field on and off 3
Getting find/replace and hyperlinks to work in a locked form? 1
Word changing hyperlinks from relative to absolute 7

Back
Top