Hi Elizabeth,

Yes, you can do this, indirectly.

Although a hyperlink is represented in a document as a field, it's actually
a more complex object. It has separate storage for the displayed text and
the destination address. When you create a hyperlink field by typing its
code, you're directly setting the destination address and Word makes the
display text equal to that string. When you use the Insert > Hyperlink
dialog, though, you can enter different display text. That's what will show
when you nest the hyperlink inside a macro button field.

For existing macrobuttons, edit them as follows, after temporarily turning
off protection: Click once on the macrobutton and press Shift+F9 to open the
field code. Right-click the hyperlink and select Edit Hyperlink. Change the
"Text to display" box to the short form. Click OK, then press F9 to update
the field. If you look again at the field code, the hyperlink field still
shows the full path, but collapsing it will show the display text.

For new links, insert the hyperlink first with the dialog, and set the
display text there. Then type the "Macrobutton FollowLink" keywords to its
left, select it all, and press Ctrl+F9 and then F9.

With this change, it no longer matters how long the actual path is (but I
think it may be truncated in the hyperlink if you exceed 255 characters).