Word documents embedded links issue

Hi Friends,
We have a strange issue, wherein we have some word documents in a document library in a SP 2013 site. Each document has some embedded hyperlinks pointing to some other Office documents. When we open the doc in OWA and try to click on these hyperlinks,
we get a 'blocked://....' URL with page not found error. Any idea why this is happening and where to look for?
Shonilchi..

Hi Shonilchi,
If you type the link in the Address and access it directly, does it work?
If you embed a link such as
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx , and click it, could it redirect you to the expected site successfully?
Could you test the issue on different web browsers?
Please check the ULS log and see if there is related error message.
Regards,
Rebecca Tu
TechNet Community Support

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I have a quick question that I am hoping someone can answer
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I am using RoboHelp X5 and use Microsoft HTML Help (.CHM) as
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quote:
Originally posted by:
johnmccallum
Jessica,
The "mk:@MSITStore:" is the protocol for extracting from a
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The opening of Word documents is described on my site under
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I took a look at your site, which says:
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4. I leave the Font options the way they are.
5. I click Finish, and the button is created.
When I generate the project and test the button, nothing
happens when I click it. If I do specify the application (ex.
WINWORD.EXE), Word
does open when I click the button. How can I get it to call
a specific Word document?
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