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Hyperlinks no longer open into Word
Just this morning when I click on a hyperlink in a Word document in my Dropbox folder stored on my MacBook Pro to open another Word document in my Dropbox folder stored in my MacBook Pro, rather than...
Hi Walter and thanks for getting back to me. My responses below:
1. Working from a Word document on myMacBook Pro.
2. Opening the file in Word on my computer
3. All hyperlinks embedded in the Word document.
4. All hyperlinks reference another Word document stored in Dropbox on my computer. Here's an example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yle1uxbc43i0d0i/Vanguard Action Plan.docx?dl=0
5:
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffSorry to jump in here, SteveBraff.
How were the hyperlinks created? Are they Dropbox shared links?
If, as a test, you replace a hyperlink with the link to the location of the file in your local Dropbox folder, does that help?
Hi Hannah and thanks for your suggestion. The hyperlink is to the location of the file in my Dropbox folder and worked for years. For reasons unknown now bringing me to the online version 😞
- Hannah
I see, thanks, Steve.
Are these links to files that are currently set to online-only or available offline?
If they're online-only, can you change them to available offline, to see if that makes a difference?
Per screenshot below, synch setting is "Available offline" and hyperlinks still bring me to the online version of the document rather than the document on my MAC (which is in a dropbox folder). And I pull the link from my MAC. Is this the setting you are referring to? Thanks!
Hi Hannah.
Hyperlinks created by highlighting a Word file in Dropbox on my MacBook Pro, right clicking, selecting from the drop down menu "Copy Dropbox Link" and pasting that link into another Word file in Dropbox on my MacBook Pro. For years these links opened up directly into the Word file resident on my MacBook Pro. Now opens into the online version of that file and I have to then select Open In Microsoft Word.
Your thoughts?
