Microsoft KB Archive/195358

= PRJ: Path or URL Not Changed into Hyperlink Automatically =

Article ID: 195358

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q195358



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you type a path to a file (such as C:\mydocs\Project1.mpp) or a Web address (a URL such as www.microsoft.com) into a text field such as Text1 or Notes, the text may not automatically change into a hyperlink.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you type the path or Web address without a prefix, such as file: or http://.

In text fields Text1 - Text30 and the Notes field, Microsoft Project requires a prefix such as file: or http:// to distinguish the text as a hyperlink.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, type a prefix such as file: followed by the path to the file. For example, type file:C:\mydocs\Project1.mpp.

Microsoft Project recognizes and changes the following prefixes into hyperlinks:

ftp://

file:

gopher://

http://

mailto:

news://

telnet://



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prj2000

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB195358

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