
The F9 bottom does not work either, but re-opening the file does.ĭisplaying the path of the link looked complicated for me but I did not try.Īs I am fed up with all the trouble and have to finish my task shortly, I decided finally to resolve the problem completely and bought a Windows notebook with Office 365.
#Word for mac 2011 merging files for mac
Thanks a lot for your hints regarding the relative links, but unfortunately this does not work with my configuration (Office for Mac 2011 and OS X 10.9.5) and the relative links are not solved.

#Word for mac 2011 merging files how to
Thanks a lot for your kind support and some elegant tips, how to solve this issue on a Mac version! Seams that the detailed functions for Office for Mac are not as comfortable as for Office for Windows. I tested the same on the Windows PC of a colleague successfully and found out that there are much more sub-functionalities for inserting files on the Windows (365er) I already googled for this topic a lot, but found only viable solutions for Word for Windows. How can I insert a "relative" link instead of an "absolute" link?

How to display the link path for the inserted image? I tried to insert the photo by using other methods ("insert file - link with file" and "insert object - link with file") but also without success.ĭo anybody have an answer to the following questions: I assume the insertion of the photo generates an "absolute" link to the "old" path and sub-directory. New path, instead of the photos the red cross appears with the warning, that the image can not be displayed, because the file is not found or deleted.Īnd this although all images in sub-directory on the new path are present and have the same file name. When I open the copy of the word file in the When I tried to test this by copying the file together with the sub-directory for the photos to another drive or path and delete the photos in the "old sub-directory, the photos will not be displayed anymore. Up to now I have embedded the photos by using "insert - image - photo from file" and "Link to file" activated but "save in document" deactivated. The users should also beĪble to make changes on the file or exchange photos in the sub-directory by using the same file names and image descriptions. I would like different users to copy the word file together with the related photo sub-directory onto their Notebooks and present the file with all photos. Relative link to the sub-directory, where these photos are saved. I tried to insert several photos/ images into a word document by using a The Office is in German and I hope my translations for the menu bars are ok :-) I am using Office for Mac 2011 on an OS X 10.9.5 system.
