Hyperlinking off a hard drive using word documents and arcobat

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James_373

I am having ongoing hyperlinking issues for a project that I am creating on a hard drive.

Basically, I am wanting to know why the hyperlinks I have created are not remaining linked to the hard drive no matter the drive it is inserted into (e, l, k, etc.).

In more detail, all the files (movie/audio/word/pdf) for the project are held in folders on the hard drive.

I have created summaries, lists and a table of contents via word documents and hyperlinked them to relevant files held in the folders on the hard drive. The hard drive was inserted into a computer which reads from the (e:) drive (Hyperlinks work). The hyperlink path starts (e:)...


I have then combined the documents into one PDF via adobe acrobat. To do this the hard drive is inserted into another computer and reads from the (l:) drive, as the different computer has the adobe acrobat program on it. I do not alter the hyperlinks or document so my thinking is that the hyperlink path should remain the same (starting (e:)).


Once the files are combined into one pdf in arcobat I remove the hard drive and insert it into the computer I orginally used, very few of the hyperlinks work and the error pops up ‘cannot find specified file’. The files it is looking for (hyperlink path) now start (l:). As the hard drive is reading from the (e:) drive it cannot find the files. Does combining the files in acrobat & converting to a PDF change the hyperlink path?


I have about 500 hyperlinks throughout the project and am getting frustrated with it not working. I know there would be an easier way. Should I be using relative hyperlinks. Would that not matter as the hyperlink base would have start with (e:) on the one comptuer then (l:) on the arcobat computer.


The issue is I will be handing the project out on usb’s which will normally read from the (e:) drive. So if I do the hyperlinking from the acrobat computer the hyperlink path will always start (l:) and will not work once transferred to the usbs which will

read from the (e:) drive. I have spoken to my IT team and they can’t get my hard drive to read from the (e:) drive on the arcobat team.


I know this is a lengthy question, and most likely with a simple answer, however, I’ve researched and cannot find the answer. Thanks.

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