Obtain link to a network file for sharing:

NOTES: Sharing link to a file only works on network files. Does NOT apply on documents stored on MY Documents or Desktop folder, or local drive, and is for internal use only. 

1. Open Windows Explorer and find the document.
2. Hold down the Shift key, then right-click the name of the file.
3. In the context menu that appears, find and click Copy as path. This copies the file location to the clipboard. (FYI, if you don’t hold down Shift when you right-click, the Copy as path option won’t appear.)
4. Open New Message in Outlook (or Word document)
5. Press Ctrl-V to paste in the file location, then click Enter on keyboard.

This video shows how to obtain link of a network file for sharing as hyperlink: