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AnnaMarie,
Mr. Graeme's post may have been in reference to a problem I was having hyperlinking from a "Word" Master List to other documents. Thinking about it, it may not have been in the post you are referring to. But, there was a post, from me, inquiring about the hyperlink function in "Word". If he uses a WebPage (html) page and hyperlinks off it to PDF Files, it's because "Word" was unstable, in his learned opinion, for hyperlinking. There are lots of posts since then that involve the many steps you must make to hyperlink and protect documents from unauthorized alterations, using "word". I believe he can hyperlink from those PDF files, using Adobe Acrobat, to other documents that appear in the PDF files. The latter is just my guess because I understand that there is a Hyperlink function in Adobe. I wouldn't know. I continue to hyperlink from my Master List using "Word". The method I use to protect my documents will not allow me to hyperlink off those particular documents. For example:
We can hyperlink from the Master List to Cause and Corrective Action. We cannot hyperlink to forms mentioned in that procedure due to the protection method used for the particular document. So, we add the form to the Master List and hyperlink from Master List to the form. Incidentally, Mr. Graeme has sent me two private e-mails on the subject and pretty much convinced me that if I stay with "Word", it has it's limitations.
My understanding is that if you create all your procedures and forms as WebPages (html) using "Word", then you can hyperlink at will, back and forth. I have not tried that because converting my "Word" documents to "html" documents, changes the structure of the document so that extensive editing is required. In other words, I'm too busy now for experimenting. In the near future, when I create a document, I will format as a "word" html document and test it's hyperlink capabilities. Fortunately for us, we are in our infancy mode for producing procedures and the re-doing the existing documents from standard "word" documents to html, will not be that daunting. Hoping that I haven't muddied the water, or added to the confusion, good luck on your efforts.
