Document number: 10075

 

Document links (doc links) give access to information stored in another document in Lotus Notes. The other document may be in the same database, a different database, or even a database on a different server. Adding links in the text field of your documents helps other users easily locate this related information.

If you are creating a doc link, think about whether the intended user has access to the database or document you are linking to. If users do not have access to the database that the document is stored in, the doc link does not work.

Creating a doc link

A doc link in an email message to another Lotus Notes database does not work if you are working offline in Island mode.  For a doc link to another database to work, you must be on the server so that a connection to the other database can be made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To create a doc link:

1. Highlight by single-clicking or open the document to which you want to create a link.

2. Select Edit from the menu bar and then select Copy As Li nk from the drop down menu.

3. Select Document Link from the next drop down menu. The document you've selected has now been copied to the clipboard.

4. Open the document you are composing that the doc link needs to be included in.

5. Move the cursor to the location that you want the doc link to appear in your document.

6. Select Edit from the menu bar and then Paste from the drop down menu to insert the doc link.

The doc link should now appear in the document you are composing.

 

Click here to return to the beginning of the document.

 

 

 

 

 

Created by the PeopleSoft Knowledge Management Team.
Copyright © 2000 All rights reserved.
Created: jkc 11/15/1996
Revised: dcb 08/11/2004
Reviewed: 08/11/2004