"Insert link to file"- where did this go?

It is such crap that this "feature" is gone. It is basic functionality. My work PC was just updated to Office 2013 and I'm beside myself that I can't just drag a file with right click and choose "insert as link".

Microsoft - listen to this absurdworkaround: I keep MS word open. I right click - drag the file in question to Word, choose "create hyperlink here" (where the functionality still exists). Then I copy the link and paste into OneNote page.

Unbelievable.

The "copy as path" method doesn't work well because of the quotation marks and also b/c the insert link dialog box puts the user into a text box searching OneNote... not the "address" box.  If the latter (and the quotes problem didn't exist) the still-****-poor workaround would be better because after shift-right click on the file in question, in OneNote all that's required is Ctrl+K, paste, enter. 

That's still poor though.  Just bring back the BASIC FUNCTIONALITY that you stripped away from your users.  

Why not just decide that your users don't need to inserts images and force them to use a Bing link or something ridiculous. 

The fact that three years in and there is no fix just shows that MS is not a consumer-experience driven company.

If anyone is using (or wants to use) Onetastic (getonetastic.com), they can use the "add link" macro by Francesco Italy.

https://getonetastic.com/macroland&id=68DE7F053DA4432EA03B1813F9B0B92A

Once installed, all you to do is

1. copy the path of the file you wish to link to (shift+right click, copy to path)
2. click where you want to insert link on the OneNote page
3. click on new Hyperlink button and choose Add Link.
4. in the little window which pops up, paste the paste the copied (Ctrl+V)
5. click OK or hit enter and you're there.

This is not a lot different to doing it manually, but it saves you having to edit the hyperlink when spaces mean that OneNote doesn't recognise where a hyperlink ends.

Cheers,

Nat

CSMCF, you are correct. MS lost touch with consumers long ago and for some reason doesn't care. If anybody was to create software similar to onenote though - their lawyers would be onto it before it even hit the shelves. The greedy arrogance of Microsoft is a reason I am no longer using Onenote......

I use a shared notebook at work. While both of these methods work for links that are created by each user, individual users cannot access links created by others. Some methods used to create a link to the original file cause an error message to pop up stating, "An unexpected error has occurred." Any method used that actually allows a file to be opened is only opening a copy of the file, not the original file on the network drive. This causes issues with file updates for users that do not have access to the notebook. Are there any workarounds that allow for a clickable link to the original file for all users of the notebook?

I use OneNote 2010at work and 2013 at home and it is frustrating that the linking to files in 2013 has been made more difficult.

The way I do it in 2013 is the following:

  Click on the file in it's original location.

  Drag and drop it onto the OneNote page and select "Attach File".

  (This creates an unlinked copy in OneNote)

  Right Click on the copy in OneNote and select "Copy Link to Original"

  Right Click on the OneNote page and select "Paste"

  This creates a link to the original file.

  The copy can then be deleted.

As other contibutors have stated, there are other methods but I find this the quickest and easiest.

Provided the other users have access to the folder that the original is stored in, the link should work for them too.

If you are seeing the message "An unexpected error has occured" then either the user in question has no access to the folder or there is something wrong with the path in the link.

You can check the path by Right Clicking the link and selecting "Edit Link"