Microsoft KB Archive/120158

Mac Works 4.0: File Linking Unavailable

PSS ID Number: Q120158 Article last modified on 10-23-1998

4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you save a Microsoft Works file to a disk other than the startup volume, and then attempt to link information between two files, the Link option will not be available. Additionally, the Works application must reside on the same volume.

= RESOLUTION =

To link files in Microsoft Works, all files involved must be saved on the hard drive that contains the active system software.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This limitation is only with Works files that are being linked internally. For example, if you are linking a Works spreadsheet to a Works Word Processor document, both of these must be on the drive containing the active startup folder. However, if you link to another application such as Excel or Word, the files do not have to reside in the same location.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works version 4.0 for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbinterop kbbuglist KBSubcategory: macworkskb

Additional reference words: 4.00 mac external network share linked links link grey greyed grayed greyed dimmed unavailable ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbbuglist Version : 4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.