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When you have information from other applications linked in your document, you may find it helpful to pull up the source of the link and review the material in that application. Word makes this easy through any of the following methods:
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2012-08-24 15:37:51
stuart ranson
A problem with links in Word (and Excel) is the difficulty in knowing just where the link is located and source of the request for the link
This means difficulty in any link being placed in a folder different from the source as if it is moved then the link will break.
A need to understand relative and absolute links (and how to apply the differences) needs to be better explained
Anyone able to help?
csr
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