Hmm. There is definitely something strange going on.


If I edit an existing file on machine #1 (Office 2021), create a new hyperlink, save the file and then reopen it on machine #2 (Office 2007), the old links are all still relative, but the new one is absolute.*


Are there any settings I could have accidently changed to cause new links to be absolute?


*Edit: Scrap that: the old and new links are all still relative on Office 2007 on machine #2, so it is purely a display issue on Word 2021.


So: Are there any settings I could have accidently changed to cause all links to be displayed as absolute when I Edit a link? Note that if I Edit/Copy/Paste an existing link into a new link then that becomes an absolute link on Office 2007.