* External documents as Notes

[Ruth_W]

I have seen a few posts about linking to Word documents as Media and also as sources, but is there any way to link them to Notes, such as Research notes? I have begun to use a Research log in the hope of becoming more efficient in my work (!) but I've also got lots of Word documents with, say, lists of a surname in a PR, or speculative family reconstructions, that I then forget I've done and redo some years later!
The ways I can see at the moment are a) copy & paste the text into an FH note, or b) write in my FH note 'see Word document xxxx'.

[tatewise]

It is not entirely intuitive but you can use the Notes Rich Text Web Link feature.
In the Rich Text Note window use the Add Link > Add Web Link... option highlighted yellow below.
Then enter the Windows file path into the Web Address: box.
A double-click on the link will open the Word document.

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[ColeValleyGirl]

I prefer to link the spreadsheets I use for similar purposes via a Media record, which has the advantage that (a) it's easier to update if you migrate to a new PC and/or different filing structure; (b) you can see where a particular file has been linked (open the Media record and View > Record Links); (c) you can delete the media once when you're finished with it rather than having to hunt it down in various places; (d) the Broken Links features work.

You have to create the Media record first, then with the note open for editing, go to Add Link > Add More Links > Add Link to Media Record...

[fhtess65]

Well that's nifty!! I just added one to my 2nd great-uncle's profile. FH and its flexibility never ceases to amaze me.

Thanks so much for sharing!!

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You have to create the Media record first, then with the note open for editing, go to Add Link > Add More Links > Add Link to Media Record...

[Ruth_W]

Thank-you Mike and Helen. Mike's answer looks like the sort of thing I was hoping to do, but I will play around with both suggestions and see how they work for me. (I also have spreadsheets that would be very useful to link!)

[ColeValleyGirl]

(I also have spreadsheets that would be very useful to link!)

My suggestion doesn't depend on the file type you need to link, but more on what might happen in future.

[tatewise]

Ruth, I was responding to your request to link documents directly to Research Note records.
However, Helen's suggestion to use Media records linked to Research Notes is more robust and future-proof.