Maybe I'm not remembering this right, but up till a couple of months ago, if I inserted a hyperlink in Word 2003 and, without closing Word, inserted another one, the hyperlink set up window (browse) would start in the last folder I used. Now, every time I insert a hyperlink, it makes me start browsing at my desktop.
The only thing I can think of that has changed on our network is that we migrated from a Novell network to a Microsoft network. I don't know if that would impact this or not. And, hey, it may be I'm just remembering it wrong. I don't do hyperlinks more than once every couple of months or so.
How is it supposed to work?
Inserting multiple hyperlinks always starts at desktop
-
- 3StarLounger
- Posts: 310
- Joined: 19 Apr 2010, 16:18
- Location: middle of the state of Washington
-
- Administrator
- Posts: 78917
- Joined: 16 Jan 2010, 00:14
- Status: Microsoft MVP
- Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Re: Inserting multiple hyperlinks always starts at desktop
I'm using Word 2007 at the moment, but I can confirm that Word doesn't "remember" the last folder used for inserting a hyperlink. It always starts in Word's "current folder" (usually the folder containing the most recently opened document)
I can't remember whether this behavior used to be different, but it seems that the behavior that your experience is "normal".
I can't remember whether this behavior used to be different, but it seems that the behavior that your experience is "normal".
Best wishes,
Hans
Hans
-
- StarLounger
- Posts: 80
- Joined: 08 Feb 2010, 21:48
- Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Re: Inserting multiple hyperlinks always starts at desktop
What I've found, using Word 2003, is that after displaying the "Insert Hyperlink" dialog, selecting the "Browse for File" icon does what Hans says - browsing starts in the "current folder".
However, if the "Recent Files" tab (?) and then a file are selected before "Browse for File", browsing starts where the selected file is located. (This is how it works for me, anyway - though all my links are from one Word document to a bookmark in another Word document.) Is this the experience you remember?
Incidentally, I've searched for a way to make "Recent Files" (rather than "Current Folder") the default, but I've never found a way of doing so.
However, if the "Recent Files" tab (?) and then a file are selected before "Browse for File", browsing starts where the selected file is located. (This is how it works for me, anyway - though all my links are from one Word document to a bookmark in another Word document.) Is this the experience you remember?
Incidentally, I've searched for a way to make "Recent Files" (rather than "Current Folder") the default, but I've never found a way of doing so.
-
- 3StarLounger
- Posts: 310
- Joined: 19 Apr 2010, 16:18
- Location: middle of the state of Washington
Re: Inserting multiple hyperlinks always starts at desktop
Well the mystery deepens on my end. It works correctly IF the workbook is saved to my hard drive or my personal drive on our network and if I am linking to a file on my hard drive or personal drive on the network. Just the way it's supposed to - goes to the current folder. However, if the workbook is saved on our main server (even to a folder I have full rights to), when I hyperlink, the dialog window defaults to MyDesktop. I saved the workbook to about 10 locations - both local hard drive, personal network location, and public network locations, and every time, without fail, when the workbook is located in a folder on the main network (again, not my personal folder on the network), the dialog defaults to MyDesktop.
I have a call in to our network admininstrator to find out if it's a rights thing. I am supposed to have the same rights to my personal network folder as I do to my public network folder. But, apparently something is different. I'll let you know what I find out. Thanks for your thoughts.
I have a call in to our network admininstrator to find out if it's a rights thing. I am supposed to have the same rights to my personal network folder as I do to my public network folder. But, apparently something is different. I'll let you know what I find out. Thanks for your thoughts.