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Hyperlinks In Different Drives

Hi,

I'm creating a spreadsheet that hyperlinks to about 50 different documents. Eventually, i want a ** to contain the excel file and all the hyperlinked documents. To get the hyperlinks to run from the **, i had to change all of the hyperlinks within my spreadsheet to the E:\ (this is the drive where my burner is). I then inserted the ** into a different computer (D:\) and none of my hyperlinks work anymore? Is there anyway to make sure that the excel hyperlinks open to the files stored on the **, regardless of which drive it is in?

thanks in advance,
chris


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