Link Checker for Word

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Link Checker for Word

$9.95

Check your Word document for suspicious and broken links

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Find and manage suspicious and broken hyperlinks and cross-references in your documentsCheck your Word document for suspicious and broken links with Link Checker for Microsoft Word
Link Checker for Microsoft® Word is a wonderful tool for managing and checking internal links and cross-references in Word documents. Use this add-in every time you need to ensure that the links in your document are valid.
  • See all links in a document in a tree view.
  • Look only for suspicious links.
  • Edit or remove links in a couple of clicks.
In the process of editing a Word document the initial links you have there may get broken; hyperlinks or cross-references can lead to objects that are renamed, moved to another location or no longer exist in your file.
To make sure all your links are correct, you can run Link checker and polish the document. You can choose to find all or only suspicious hyperlinks and cross-references and immediately see where a particular link is and where it leads, edit or delete links directly on the add-in's pane. You can also export the entire list to Word or Microsoft Excel.
With Document Link Checker you can:
  • Scan links in the whole document, on certain pages, in a selected range or on the current page.
  • Look only for suspicious links.
  • See all links in a document in a tree view on the add-in's pane.
  • Navigate between hyperlinks quickly and comfortably.
  • See the link destination.
  • Edit or remove hyperlinks and cross-references in a couple of clicks.
  • Export the list of found links to a new Excel or Word document.
  • See field codes instead of their values.
Check your Word document for broken links:
  1. Start the add-in and select the pages or the range where you want to search for hyperlinks.
  2. Click Find links and see the results on the pane.
With the Link Checker add-in you can quickly find suspicious and broken internal links in Word files of any size. The plug-in will process hundreds of hyperlinks and show you which of them need more attention.
The Document Link Checker doesn't verify external links, e.g. hyperlinks to other Word documents or websites. However, it lets you open the page or file where the link leads to validate it.

HOW TO INSTALL THE ADD-IN FOR SEVERAL USERS

 
Introduction
Your company purchased several licenses of the add-in. Now you, as administrator, need to install the software for your end-users and naturally you want to do this quickly and smoothly.
All you need is the add-in's setup file (Download) and some folder on your network drive accessible by all users for which the add-in should be installed.
A few bits of helpful information
  1. The setup files of all our add-ins are Windows installer packages (.MSI) and they support all Windows Installer command-line options.
  2. The add-in is installed only for the current user account, not for all users of the system.
  3. The license is per user, not per machine. You can install the add-in on 3 machines of the same user.
  4. Add-ins are installed into the user's personal folder, administrative or power-user permissions are not required.
  5. Our add-ins are compatible with all personal and server operating systems starting with version 2000.
  6. To track installations we use the online activation system on our activation server. The activation key is bound to the Hardware ID, which is a combination of hardware serial numbers.
  7. Single Terminal Server. Our add-ins work fine.
  8. A group of Terminal Servers with load balancing, a user has a roaming profile. Since activation is bound to the Hardware ID, it is lost every time the user switches to a new server. The good news is that it is solvable :-), please contact us. 
How to create a network image for subsequent installation by end-users
As an example, we are going to install the Add-ins Collection for Excel.
  1. Download the latest version of the setup file (Download)
  2. Unpack the downloaded setup file to any folder.
  3. Run the setup in order to create a network image. To do this, enter the following string into the command line:
    msiexec /a excel-addins-collection.msi
  4. This will run the Setup wizard. On step 3 called "Installation settings", browse for a network folder in which a network image will be created. Enter your Registration name and Registration key in the corresponding fields. It should look similar to this: 
    Create a network image: Installation settings
  5. Finish the process and wait until the network image is created.
  6. You can create a network image silently. If you dislike working with wizards and want to save some more time, you can specify the setup folder and license info in the command line when running the setup file. Here are the command-line options (switches):
    TARGETDIR="setup folder" REGISTRATIONNAME="" and REGISTRATIONKEY="" - your license information.
    Here is how it looks in our example:
    msiexec /a excel-addins-collection.msi TARGETDIR="Z:_Setups\Ablebits Add-ins Collection for Excel" REGISTRATIONNAME="Add-in Express Ltd." REGISTRATIONKEY="EACL2-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
    In this case the wizard will not disturb you; it will go unnoticeable and create a network image in the specified folder silently.
How to deploy the add-in to end-users
1. If your users work in a network with a domain structure based on Microsoft Windows Server, you can assign the add-in to a specific user(s) using Group Policy. Please see the following links for detailed instructions:
How to use Group Policy to remotely install software in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2008 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102
Assign software to a specific group by using Group Policy in Windows Server 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324750
We recommend choosing "Assign software" as a "Deployment type". In this mode the add-in will be installed for the users automatically next time they login to the domain.
2. Your users can also install the add-in themselves from the network image created by you, provided they have the rights to install software. The network image contains all the necessary registration information.
How to activate the add-in
At the first start of an Office application after the add-in installation, the add-in will attempt to get activated in the silent mode. If activation is successful, the "About" window with license information will be displayed to the user:
Successful Activation
Error during automatic activation
An error may occur if your firewall blocks the attempts of the add-in activation module to connect to our activation server (http://www.activatenow.com).
Solution:
  1. Add a rule for activatenow.com to your firewall settings , or
  2. Ask your users to activate the add-in manually. To do this, they need to click the key icon at the bottom of the add-in's window or pane, choose "Manual Activation" and click the Go button on the next step. The activatenow.com page containing the activation code will open in their browser. They need to copy it and paste into the "Activation code" field, then click Next.
Please give your users the following link to our web-site for step-by-step instructions:http://www.ablebits.com/support/activation.php#manual
If you have any questions, ideas or suggestions, do not hesitate to contact us.
 
Quantity
Price per license (USD)
1
$9.95
2 to 4
$9.45
5 to 9
$8.95
10 to 24
$7.96
25 to 49
$6.97
50 to 74
$5.97
75 to 99
$4.98
 
For quantities above 100 licenses or for Site licensing please contact us at sales@unitedaddins.com.