> <snip> > > In HTML is it possible to create an HTML file(hyper linked files) > that would be linked to the individual files in the directories. If > done this way the HTML files could contain a description of the > information being accessed with a hot link. > > Question: Could the directory with the genealogy information and > HTML files be copied to a DVD, with out losing the links? (I never > really solved this with the production documents.) > > Question: What would be the easiest way to maintain these files, > Word Perfect, Quatro pro, etc. > > Keith nuttle Yes you should be able to copy to DVD or CD and have links work - do it as follows Have a folder with the master index.htm or index.html. Then the document folders placed within the index html folder. Then you can use relative links such as <a href="images/index.htm"> or <a href="images/pic1.jpg"> That is avoid links that look like <a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Setting MS Word can be used but if you plan to put on Web then Word creates rather bloated html code not good performance wise. I don't know about Word Perfect or Quatro - I have linked with Excel but found it ponderous. I use Frontpage for my work - it does very easy hyperlink using the Title of the File you link to But Kompozer is free and works well also. http://kompozer.sourceforge.net/ I just tested linking with it from scratch. Open a new file - save it as index in master folder. make sure your doc folder is within master folder. Now click the Kompzoer link icon. Enter a Title in the link text box and click the browse icon next to link location and open folder and click file you want. Now Save the file again and open in browser and see how it works. NOTE: important to Save file before linking else you do not get relative links -- Ron Lankshear - Sydney Aust (from London- Shepherds Bush & Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ Ron Lankshear <ronlank@hotmail.com>