increase the size of the insert hyperlink dialog box

[mswmacroman]

Is anyone as equally frustrated over Microsoft's propensity to limit some dialog boxes' ability to resize? When I use the insert hyperlink in word it is quite time consuming to have this dialog box remain constant size when the search for the link I look for is quite deep in the file server. I wish there was a free program out there that would be much more user friendly for users to acquire links. Or does anyone know of a solution to overcome this dialog box static hell?

[eNGiNe]

You could try using the file explorer to locate the target, then copy/paste the path from there into the snug little field in the Insert hyperlink dialog box.

2010, at least, also offers a Browse for file button built in to the dialog.

[ShirleyPipitone]

Originally Posted by eNGiNe

You could try using the file explorer to locate the target, then copy/paste the path from there into the snug little field in the Insert hyperlink dialog box.

2010, at least, also offers a Browse for file button built in to the dialog.

It's s long time since you gave your suggestions for getting around the tiny hyperlink dialog box in Word and Excel. Pasting in the target will give a link to a folder. To get a link to open a document involves first setting a link to the folder then copying the name of the document, opening hyperlink again and copying in the document name at the end of the path. Browsing for files will result in a link that opens the document but it's just as tedious as clicking at least 10 times through the hyperlink dialog box.

I need to do thousands of these links and I have a severe overuse injury in my hands, arms etc so I especially need to minimise mouse clicks. I have found several fairly useless little programs intended to resize dialog boxes and one that works but the new size doesn't stick. I have searched the registry to see if there is anything there that suggests dialog box resizing, but with no luck.

Hope you can help.

[gmayor]

Just for my amusement I prepared the attached which should be used as a Word add-in. As presented it inserts links to Word documents or Excel workbooks at the cursor, but can easily be modified to do what you actually require. The address dialog box should be wide enough to accommodate most addresses you are likely to use (or can be made wider if you wish). It adds a button to the insert tab of the ribbon.