Word 2010 Edit Links?

Installed Office 2010. I have a Word document with links to an Excel document. The path for this Excel document has changed so I need to edit the link.
In 2007, you would just click the Office button, then goto Prepare, then Edit Links but this does not exist in 2010. Somewhere I read that I click File and then goto Finish, but I do not have a section named finish.
Thanks for any advice!

I had the same problem and spent a long time looking for the solution! Then I found this brilliant link:
http://www.addictivetips.com/microsoft-office/prepare-word-2010-document-for-distribution-prepare-menu/
Problem solved! (But I don't think the user should have to do all this though).
Hope this solves it for you too.

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Hi..
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Hi,
If the option to Update links automatically on open is enabled, then users are going to see some slowness when opening the files because Word is trying to update links.
Even if the links are set to manual, users may still see some slowness when opening the files.
You can try the following suggestions to see if it helps. These will need to be set on the machines where the files are being opened.
(1). Disable the setting for Update automatic links at open.
To disable the option, in Word, click on File, choose Options.
Click Advanced.
Uncheck the option "Update automatic links at open.
(2). Change the links to be manual instead of Automatic.
IN the Word document, click File.
On the right, choose Edit Links to files.
Change the links in the file to manual if they are set to automatic.
(3). Look at the following article and try installing the hotfix and applying the registry key listed in the article.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2504009
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Hi,
According to your description, documents cannot be saved back to SharePoint Library when editing in Microsoft Office desktop application.
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Message was edited by: slobbering_dog_72

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I am using word 2010, excel 2010, and outlook 2010 to send out the following email with email mailmerge to 50 + people.
The highlighted names in the greeting are two merge fields - First_Name and Last_Name.
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Hi All,
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(Edited a little...)
I can get this to work here, but there are some things you need to pay attention to when merging to HTML email (rather than to new documents etc.).
The Hyperlink field code I start with is as follows:
{ HYPERLINK }
Insert that using ctrl-F9 to insert the special field brace pair { }, insert the Word HYPERLINK, then select the field and update it using F9.
View the field code results (press Alt-F9 if necessary). In the English language version of Word you should see
Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.
Important point number 1:
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far as I can remember, this behaviour is different when you merge to a document rather than email, or perhaps merge to attachments. This can be a problem if you need to update other fields in your email, or if the email is being used by other people who might
(for whatever reason) update the HYPERLINK field
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Click here to RSVP!
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{ HYPERLINK }
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{ HYPERLINK "{ SET x 1 }mailto:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***?subject=July%20Wine%20and%20Spine%20&body=%20Will%20you%20attend?%20%20%20___%20Yes%20%20%20___%20No%0A%20%0a%2{
MERGEFIELD First_Name%20{MERGEFIELD Last_Name }" }
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At this point, experienced field users will have to resist the temptation to select the fields and update them. Dont do it!
Save the document.
Test the email merge. At this point, I would hope to see the results you want.
If not, I do not know why this works OK on my system but not yours.
Important point number 2 You may be wondering why
there is a { SET x 1 } field inside the HYPERLINK code. It's because when you are working with a .docx, if you save, close and reopen your document, you may find that Word has resolved all the merge fields nested inside your HYPERLINK field (i.e. replaced
the field codes by their results). This behaviour can appear arbitrary, and the reason that (for some reason), Word does not resolve the nested fields if there is a Word bookmark inside the HYPERLINK field. Now if the insertion point or selection ws inside
the HYPERLINK field when you save/close the document, there will be a bookmark in there, because Word inserts a bookmark called _GoBack, which enables the user to go back to the previous selection. But if you click outside the HYPERLINK field before you save,
there wil be no such bookmark and Word will resolve your field codes. So we put the { SET x 1 } in there to ensure that there is a bookmark (in this case, called X) to prevent that from happening.
Alternatively, if you save as .doc format (not recommended these days if you can avoid it) Word does not resolve these fields and you don't need the { SET } field.
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Options
It may be elsewhere.
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Thanks for your understanding.
Steve Fan
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Open this attachment with double click will show only the welcome screen with the text Open in protected mode.
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