Ok guys,


So I did alot of research on how to 'relative link' an excel file to a word doc. The thing is, I had been doing this for years. I had a excelfile and a worddoc who always kept being synced, no matter where I moved them to or whatever I renamed the path to. Today I tried making a new exceldoc that kept in sync with the word doc, but I cannot seem to make it work. The word doc keeps linking with the original pathway when I try moving or renaming the original structure.


I have read alot about this and everyone keeps stating that it is not possible to keep them linked. Well, I can tell you 100% sure that it IS pssoble. As a way of proving this, I have screen recorded a test with my previous well-linked files. A little extra info :

1) I change a value in my original excel doc and you see it synced with the word doc
2) I copy/paste the folder to another drive and rename it
3) You see me changing a value in the new excel doc and then open up the word doc, which is updating to the correct values.
4) to prove even further I press ALT+F9 to show you that the linked information has in fact changed to the new folder structure.


Can someone PLEASE tell me why this is no longer working when trying to replicate this linking in a new word and excel-doc ???


Link to the screen recording :
Relative link ??? - YouTube