Microsoft KB Archive/157639

= WD97: Incorrect Hyperlink, Error Inserting from Insert Field =

Article ID: 157639

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157639





SYMPTOMS
When you insert a hyperlink using the Field dialog box on the Insert menu, the hyperlink display text is displayed incorrectly. For example, if you insert this field:

{Hyperlink "C:\Windows\Desktop\Test1.html"}

one or more back slashes are missing in the display text, so the hyperlink field result looks like this:

c:\windows\desktoptest1.html

If you try to activate the link, you receive the following error message:

Cannot open the specified file.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem and create a working hyperlink, use one of the following methods:

Method 1
In the Field dialog box, type two back slashes in the path so that the Field Codes box contains the following information, and then click OK.

Hyperlink "c:\\windows\\desktop\\test1.html"

Method 2
Click Hyperlink on the Insert menu, type the file or URL in the "Link to File or URL" box, and then click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbualink97 KB157639

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