Re: OT Hyperlink help in OOo needed,please.

[email protected] wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Sorry this is OT.
> I am trying to figure out how to specify an address for a hyperlink in 
> an OpenOffice document.
> Basically I want to put a table in a document on a CD.  The Document 
> will be at root level in the tree, and there will be two other folders 
> at root level.  Let's say the doc is Chemicals.odt (or pdf later) and 
> the folders are Tech_Appraisals and MSDS.
> 
> I have read the help in OOo on inserting hyperlinks, and I can cope with 
> that bit, but my addressing is letting me down.  Say I want to hyperlink 
> to a TA for Chemical number 4 in my main doc.  how do I write the url 
> for a file in the folder at the same level?
> 
> eg in cell 5 of the table in the doc is a reference to Chemical #4 In 
> the Tech_Appraisals folder is a TA for Chem #4 called 4.pdf
> 
> What hyperlink syntax should I use to hit that file?
> 
> ideally I would like to use buttons called TA and MSDS respectively and 
> have them relate to the appropriate data.
> 
> I would really appreciate any help.

In the mozilla url bar, i can get "readme" in my home directory with:

file:///home/russell/readme

Maybe you could copy the syntax or something;)