inserting a short cut to a Word doc in Outlook - Contacts\Notes
 

I have a document on my hard drive and wish to simply create a link to that
file which is then placed in the 'Notes' field of a typical Outlook Contact.

Why is this so difficult to do? There is no 'link' option for a specific
file, just web pages. If I manage to copy a short cut to the Notes field,
it is blocked as a potentially dangerous file. (Dangerous file - do not
feed?)

It is possible to be able to click on a short cut which would then open a
simple Word doc? _I don't want to copy_ that Word doc to Notes because it
will change from time to time and I do not wish to update both files. Is
this just me ... or is this unnecessarily difficult?

Thanks, DH

inserting a short cut to a Word doc in Outlook - Contacts\Notes
 

Dave Horne wrote:

I have a document on my hard drive and wish to simply create a link
to that file which is then placed in the 'Notes' field of a typical
Outlook Contact.

Why is this so difficult to do? There is no 'link' option for a
specific file, just web pages. If I manage to copy a short cut to
the Notes field, it is blocked as a potentially dangerous file.
(Dangerous file - do not feed?)

It is possible to be able to click on a short cut which would then
open a simple Word doc? _I don't want to copy_ that Word doc to
Notes because it will change from time to time and I do not wish to
update both files. Is this just me ... or is this unnecessarily
difficult?

Try specifying it not as a link but as a URL:
file:///c:\Documents%20and%20Settings\MyName\My%20Document s\MyFile.doc

This works for me.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

inserting a short cut to a Word doc in Outlook - Contacts\Notes
 

what version of outlook? my version (2007) has a link option for "web pages
or files"

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"Dave Horne" wrote in message
...
I have a document on my hard drive and wish to simply create a link to
that file which is then placed in the 'Notes' field of a typical Outlook
Contact.

Why is this so difficult to do? There is no 'link' option for a specific
file, just web pages. If I manage to copy a short cut to the Notes field,
it is blocked as a potentially dangerous file. (Dangerous file - do not
feed?)

It is possible to be able to click on a short cut which would then open a
simple Word doc? _I don't want to copy_ that Word doc to Notes because it
will change from time to time and I do not wish to update both files. Is
this just me ... or is this unnecessarily difficult?

Thanks, DH

inserting a short cut to a Word doc in Outlook - Contacts\Notes
 

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Dave Horne wrote:

I have a document on my hard drive and wish to simply create a link
to that file which is then placed in the 'Notes' field of a typical
Outlook Contact. Why is this so difficult to do? There is no 'link'
option for a
specific file, just web pages. If I manage to copy a short cut to
the Notes field, it is blocked as a potentially dangerous file.
(Dangerous file - do not feed?)

It is possible to be able to click on a short cut which would then
open a simple Word doc? _I don't want to copy_ that Word doc to
Notes because it will change from time to time and I do not wish to
update both files. Is this just me ... or is this unnecessarily
difficult?

Try specifying it not as a link but as a URL:
file:///c:\Documents%20and%20Settings\MyName\My%20Document s\MyFile.doc

This works for me.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Brian, thanks for your reply. I went back and looked at the possibilities
for Insert \ Hyperlink \ Existing file or hyperlink.

I must have not looked hard enough initially. That did the trick and was
very easy to accomplish. Apart from having to click through two warings to
see a file on my own hard drive it worked. Sorry to take up your time on
this. All the best, DH

inserting a short cut to a Word doc in Outlook - Contacts\Notes
 

Diane, Hi, I'm using Outlook 2007 and you are correct. Had I spent a little
more time looking I would have seen that. My first attempts were to paste a
shortcut in the Notes field which was met with problems. Thanks, DH


"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message
...
what version of outlook? my version (2007) has a link option for "web
pages or files"

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Dave Horne" wrote in message
...
I have a document on my hard drive and wish to simply create a link to
that file which is then placed in the 'Notes' field of a typical Outlook
Contact.

Why is this so difficult to do? There is no 'link' option for a specific
file, just web pages. If I manage to copy a short cut to the Notes
field, it is blocked as a potentially dangerous file. (Dangerous file -
do not feed?)

It is possible to be able to click on a short cut which would then open a
simple Word doc? _I don't want to copy_ that Word doc to Notes because
it will change from time to time and I do not wish to update both files.
Is this just me ... or is this unnecessarily difficult?

Thanks, DH