Currently it fails.

Steps to reproduce:
1 Open attached and CTRL+click first link to follow it.

Expected: success
Observed: error - see pic in DOC and below.

2 Try other links



Observed: success.

3 Try LibreOffice Writer.

Observed: success

4 Search Options for anything useful

Observed: none



I ask because accepted but defunct include:

* [ and { and # according to web reports.

What is the URL you're trying to link to and if you press Alt-F9 after inserting it into Word, how does the hyperlink field represent it?

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Paul Edstein
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A failing address (not a URL, since it is not on web) is the one I showed on the hover:



Its link field shows:



A succeeding link's field shows:

It appears your hyperlinks are missing the filepath, which is why they're failing. Without the filepath, the links would only work from within the folder containing the destination files.

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Paul Edstein
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> It appears your hyperlinks are missing the filepath, which is why they're failing. Without the filepath, the links would only work from within the folder containing the destination files. That is my intent.

They aren't missing a filepath. They are relative links. Link #3 works fine - opening the file from within the saved .DOC's folder.

The only links there that fail are the ones having addresses containing [ and { . Plus # triggers the same fail.

The { and # are illegal filename characters on some platforms, as is the \ everywhere. See:
Characters to Avoid in Filenames and Directories | Michigan Tech

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Paul Edstein
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> The { and # are illegal filename characters

They are legal filename characters in Windows.

Proof:



Info: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn

Even if you can get away with using { [ and #, you're still trying to use \ as part of the filename - which won't work even in Windows.

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I don't see any \ in my filenames.





The only filenames that aren't working are the ones having [ and {.

And the working filename differs only in not having those characters.

So I really think the fail is due to [ and { alone.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

I can only go on what you've posted. The first image in post #3 purports to show a filename beginning with [{\.
I asked you for the actual URL, but all you've given is images in which it's impossible to tell what you're doing.

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Paul Edstein
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Thanks but that string isn't in the filename. It is in the pathname. Specifically, in the immediately containing folder's name.

Apologies, but I know no way to get the actual URL out of Word other than the mouse hover image I showed.

I am simply clicking on the hyperlink.

It is:

(obtained by Tools, Options , Include with document [x] Field codes, then Print.)

That parameter is called "Filename" ratehr than URL by MS Field codes: Hyperlink field - Microsoft Support .

Also, Edit Hyperlink initially shows:

Clearly that too is not a URL.

Then when the dialog is closed and reopened it changes to:

looking a little more like a URL.

Having said which, I think us searching for a URL is of little use, since the fact this destination is a local file means its address is not actually expected to be a URL.

(The extra blank line after each CODE line above seems to be a forum bug.)

But that isn't what the image in your post said it was. Read what you posted! You said those characters were part of the filename:
What is the actual path and filename?

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Paul Edstein
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Source: https://www.msofficeforums.com/186863-post1.html


That's from MS Word, not me. Word is simply quoting the path.

What I said in the foldername is "filename including [{". To that, Word added the path separator "".

As shown in that pic.

Path is immaterial. Filename is:

So edit the hyperlink field code to read:
{HYPERLINK "{FILENAME \p}\..\FAIL New PDF Document [.pdf"}
where {FILENAME \p} is a filename field, as per the instructions in the Word Fields and Relative Paths to External Files 'Sticky' thread at the top of this forum: https://www.msofficeforums.com/word/...nal-files.html

And next time you have a problem:
1. Be clear about what the issue is; and
2. Post text instead of littering you post with images that no-one can copy any meaningful content from.

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Paul Edstein
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Done:



Still it fails:



which doesn't surprise me because at most this changes the link address path, and I see nothing suggesting the fail is dependent on that.

Thanks anyway for the suggestion.