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Subject:Re: linking bmps in Word From:"Hyde, Barb # IHTUL" <Barb -dot- Hyde -at- TULSA -dot- CISTECH -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:23:51 -0600
Caveat about George's solution: This only works on INCLUDEPICTURE
links. If the links were set up with Paste Special, Word sets the path
internally and it cannot be edited. Paste Special links look like this: LINK
Word.Document.8"\\\\DEVNT\\BHYDE$\\Dev\\Manuals\\NoteBK\\TRN_INT.DOC"
"OLE_LINK1" \a \p If you change the path in this kind of a link, you lose
the link. If you are loaded with these guys, there is nothing to do but
replace each one with the INCLUDEPICTURE link. Tip: INCLUDEPICTUREs do not
automatically update when you print or when the document is opened.
Therefore remember to use Select All and F9 to update these links.
George Hinman writes:
>One solution is to edit the links directly to set the path you
want. To do this:
> >
> >1. Select the graphic, whose path you wish to edit.
> >2. Press shift + f9 (this displays field codes).
> >3. Edit the path according to how you set up your graphics directory,
> e.g.
> >{INCLUDEPICTURE "\graphics\image.bmp"\* MERGEFORMAT \d}
> >4. Select this field code and press f9.
>
>
>
