To configure your settings in Word to Update Documents on the Methods Portal.
Word Settings need to be configured so that hyperlinks are not updated and set as relative hyperlinks at the time Word documents are updated. If the following Word setting is not configured as defined below, when a document is updated, this will cause the links in the document to break.
Here is the link the Microsoft support article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903163
Word 2010
1. On the File menu, click Options.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Under General, click Web Options.
4. Click the Files tab.
5. Click to clear the Update links on save check box.
6. Click OK two times.
Word 2003
1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Click Web Options.
4. Click the Files tab.
5. Click to clear the Update links on save check box.
6. Click OK two times.