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link to a file that is not on my pc

2008-02-20 04:17:13

ikke

Registered: Feb 20 2008

Posts: 4

Answered

Hello,

I am making a PDF document with lots of links for my work.
Need to create a link to files that are on the network at work located on the R drive.

When making this link to file I get the message this drive does not excist and therefore Acrobat will not take the link to file.

This seems silly... anyone know how to resolve this?

thx

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows

2008-02-22 07:31:38

dbaker

Registered: Feb 10 2006

Posts: 413

Hi --

Acrobat is doing its job by not completing your initial link to a location it can't determine. It's time-consuming, but why not make a link to someplace local on your machine? Once the link is made, you can double-click it to open the properties and type the network location.

donna.

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2008-02-22 07:47:25

ikke

Registered: Feb 20 2008

Posts: 4

Hi Donna,

Well I don't know if I agree to Acrobat doing it's job. Using the program to do something for a third party should be ok as I puchased it officially.

However if I can work around the error, that's a good solution.
But... if I double-click to open the properties I just go the file I linked and not to the link properties, so I can't manage the chane.

Perhaps you can explain, I'm a newby here.

thx