my links do not update

Thanks Macropod,

No did not moved any source files, they are all in different places is this
causing the problem? And no I do not want to move then just want the updates
I make to them reflected on the "master" one but it is not happening! thanks
for any help you may be able to provide!

"macropod" wrote:

> Hi Caty,
>
> I suspect the two problems are related - if Word can't find the source files, it can't update the information contained in the
> links.
>
> Have you moved any of the source files? This is important because, even if you move all the files together toa new location, Word
> still look for the source documents in their original location. If you need to be able to move the files around, see how to
> implement relative paths in the solution I've posted at:
> [URL="http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=670027"]http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=670027[/URL]
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
> "Caty" wrote in message
> >I have a word document which has contents from 5 other word documents. I have
> > linked the 5 documents to my word document as copy special, paste as link as
> > Formatted Text (RTF).
> > I have the following problems:
> >
> > 1) I selected the automatically update icon in the Links option of the Edits
> > menu, but the links do not automatic update and it prompts me every time I
> > open my document.
> >
> > 2) I also get this error message every time I try to update the master
> > document “objects in this document contain links to files that cannot be
> > found. The linked information will not be updated”.
> > Help!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: my links do not update 

Hi Caty,

Having source files in different locations shouldn't matter.

It seems, though, there's probably a problem with at least one of the links. You could toggle the field codes via Alt-F9 to display
the linkage field codes - they'll look something like {INCLUDETEXT "C:\\My Documents\\My File.doc}. Make sure the file paths and
names are all correct - including the double backslashes for the path separators. You could also try running my Field Link updater
([URL="http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=261488"]http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=261488[/URL]) to confirm that the link details are correct. One important point to
note is that, if you've got images in the document linked to files on disk, and those images are formatted as anything other than
'in-line with text', you'll need to make them 'in-line with text' before you can check or update their paths.

One other possibility, though I doubt it applies for the error message you're getting, is that a source file is either a document
protected for forms or is password protected.
 >> Stay informed about: my links do not update 

Thanks Macropod,

I actually think you nail it! And it had to do that all my source file are
password protected and read only recommended!

I will ensure will not protect my files with passwords.
Cheers and thanks again


"macropod" wrote:

> Hi Caty,
>
> Having source files in different locations shouldn't matter.
>
> It seems, though, there's probably a problem with at least one of the links. You could toggle the field codes via Alt-F9 to display
> the linkage field codes - they'll look something like {INCLUDETEXT "C:\\My Documents\\My File.doc}. Make sure the file paths and
> names are all correct - including the double backslashes for the path separators. You could also try running my Field Link updater
> ([URL="http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=261488"]http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=261488[/URL]) to confirm that the link details are correct. One important point to
> note is that, if you've got images in the document linked to files on disk, and those images are formatted as anything other than
> 'in-line with text', you'll need to make them 'in-line with text' before you can check or update their paths.
>
> One other possibility, though I doubt it applies for the error message you're getting, is that a source file is either a document
> protected for forms or is password protected.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
> "Caty" wrote in message
> > Thanks Macropod,
> >
> > No did not moved any source files, they are all in different places is this
> > causing the problem? And no I do not want to move then just want the updates
> > I make to them reflected on the "master" one but it is not happening! thanks
> > for any help you may be able to provide!
> >
> > "macropod" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Caty,
> >>
> >> I suspect the two problems are related - if Word can't find the source files, it can't update the information contained in the
> >> links.
> >>
> >> Have you moved any of the source files? This is important because, even if you move all the files together toa new location, Word
> >> still look for the source documents in their original location. If you need to be able to move the files around, see how to
> >> implement relative paths in the solution I've posted at:
> >> [URL="http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=670027"]http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=670027[/URL]
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers
> >> macropod
> >> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
> >>
> >>
> >> "Caty" wrote in message
> >> >I have a word document which has contents from 5 other word documents. I have
> >> > linked the 5 documents to my word document as copy special, paste as link as
> >> > Formatted Text (RTF).
> >> > I have the following problems:
> >> >
> >> > 1) I selected the automatically update icon in the Links option of the Edits
> >> > menu, but the links do not automatic update and it prompts me every time I
> >> > open my document.
> >> >
> >> > 2) I also get this error message every time I try to update the master
> >> > document “objects in this document contain links to files that cannot be
> >> > found. The linked information will not be updated”.
> >> > Help!
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: my links do not update