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

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]

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
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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

"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

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
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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