Issue: Links copied from MS work won't work in email

Issue

Links to other documents created in MS word don't work in email

Cause

Word creates links in a very odd way. The hyperlink actually looks like this:

file:///\\file path --- etc

And that format for a hyperlink will only work in MS word. What it does is tell Word that the link is to open an Office document.

Solutions

There are two possible solutions

First, create the links in a text file instead of Word, and leave them as plain links rather than as text links. Alternatively, rather than a text file, you could create an email template -- just a draft email -- which can then be forwarded to whomever you like.

Second, save the document as a PDF and send that via email.