FP2002: Hyperlink Pasted as Absolute URL (303094)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 2002
This article was previously published under Q303094

SYMPTOMS

You are experiencing the following symptoms:
  • If you author a Web on one Web server and publish it to a second Web server, the hyperlinks point to the Web server on which you authored your Web rather than to the Web server on which you published your Web.

    -or-

  • If you publish a disk-based Web to the Internet, a hyperlink points to an absolute Uniform Resource Locator (URL) rather than a relative URL.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur when pasting a hyperlink by using the Office Clipboard task pane. When a URL is copied to the Office Clipboard it is stored as an absolute URL rather than as a relative URL. This allows Office programs to share the URL. For example, when you copy a relative URL in FrontPage and then paste it into a Word document, the URL is pasted as an absolute URL. If you paste it into Word as a relative URL, it would not work.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not paste the selection by using the Office Clipboard task pane. Press CTRL+V or click Paste on the Edit menu to paste the URL.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about using the Office Clipboard with FrontPage 2002, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

292705 FP2002: Only Last Item Copied Is Displayed on Office Clipboard

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/25/2004
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB303094
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