Word2003 - splitting hyperlinks.

[ChrisGreaves]

I bet at least one of you reading this didn’t know it before you read it here:-
Hyperlinks in a Word2003 document are totally unlike fat earthworms under the shovel or toads under the plough.
If you cut them in half, both sides stay alive!

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My text cursor is partway along the hyperlink.
When I tap the <Ctrl-Enter> key, I end up with TWO hyperlinks, one each side of a Page Break.
Both hyperlinks now point to the same target “T:\Pers\People\Jamie Best\PDFs\” and both hyperlinks jump to that folder.
Just thought you’d like to know.
Bonus points if you can dream up a rational (sane) use for this facility.
Cheers
Chris

[HansV]

You don't end up with two hyperlinks. You still have one hyperlink, but the display text of that single hyperlink includes a page break (which is just another character, Chr(12) to be precise).

[Rudi]

Bonus points if you can dream up a rational (sane) use for this facility.

Zero bonus points for me! A limitation caused by splitting the link is that whenever you press the ENTER key between the two parts, it jumps to the link.

[macropod]

When I tap the <Ctrl-Enter> key, I end up with TWO hyperlinks, one each side of a Page Break.
Both hyperlinks now point to the same target “T:\Pers\People\Jamie Best\PDFs\” and both hyperlinks jump to that folder.

Guess what will happen anytime anything causes Word to refresh the document's field display...

[ChrisGreaves]

Bonus points if you can dream up a rational (sane) use for this facility.

Zero bonus points for me! A limitation caused by splitting the link is that whenever you press the ENTER key between the two parts, it jumps to the link.

Well, yes. Given Hans's explanation, though, I could see a use for this. Suppose that having split the link with Ctrl-Enter then the first part of the link, on page1, could be augmented with a series of phrase in language1, and the part of the link on the next page could be augmented with phrases in languageNEXT.
Right?
Then whichever phrase you <Enter>ed on, you would be taken to the target of the hyperlink.
Cheers
Chris

[ChrisGreaves]

Guess what will happen anytime anything causes Word to refresh the document's field display...

Hi Paul.
I guessed for about two seconds, then gave up and made a split hyperlink.

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Both parts took me to the document, then I used Ctrl-A to select all, <F9> to update fields, and both parts of the updated hyperlink worked as before.
Obviously I'm missing something here, but it isn't obvious to me ...
Thanks
Chris

[HansV]

Paul probably expected the break to disappear, but as you have found that doesn't happen...

[ChrisGreaves]

Paul probably expected the break to disappear, but as you have found that doesn't happen...

Thanks Hans (but I'll wait for Paul).
A hard-pagebreak, like a hard-anything, ought not never to be replaced automatically, right?
If the user has made a manual change, that manual change should not be tampered with, even by Microsoft Word.
Cheers
Chris

[macropod]

Paul probably expected the break to disappear, but as you have found that doesn't happen...

That is indeed what I expected to happen - just as it would with any other field's result. It seems the hyperlink field is an anomaly.

[ChrisGreaves]

Paul probably expected the break to disappear, but as you have found that doesn't happen...

That is indeed what I expected to happen - just as it would with any other field's result. It seems the hyperlink field is an anomaly.

I am beginning to think that practically everything in Word2003 is an anomaly ...

Cheers
Chris
P.S. I should say "is or has an anomaly

[Jay Freedman]

As it says on https://wordmvp.com/,

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That was posted more than 20 years ago, and it's as true now as it ever was.

[ChrisGreaves]

That was posted more than 20 years ago, and it's as true now as it ever was.

Thanks, Jay, for this depressing several bits of data.

Cheers
Chris
P.S. I think "this" because "several" is a singular noun. Am I correct?
C.

[HansV]

Several is a noun?

[ChrisGreaves]

Several is a noun?

Well, my understanding is that several is an example of a subject of a verb, as is a noun.

HTHH
Cheers
Chris