I’m creating a documentation set which will consist of a number of Word 2007 files linked together with multiple hyperlinks. I’m planning to hyperlink to bookmarks so that each link can go to a precise location in the target document.

I want to use Word's standard file format, partly because I’m used to it and can create content quickly, and partly to have a paginated version for possible printing. But the files will need to be converted to html for use.

My difficulty is with the hyperlinks. After conversion (using Word ‘save as’) they no longer work, not surprisingly, as conversion leaves the href file names as “.docx” instead of “.htm”. Is there a way to make amending the hyperlink file extension part of the conversion process? I’d like to avoid a manual edit afterwards, as there would be a lot of links to update, and it’s a chance for errors to creep in.

Many thanks.