As part of Speedy Spreadsheet Week, I have emailed a few renowned Excel experts and asked them to share their tips & ideas to speedup Excel. Today, I am glad to present a collection of the tips shared by them.
Excel Speeding up & Optimization Tips by Hui
About Hui:
Hui (Ian Huitson) has been writing & contributing to Chandoo.org for more than 2 years. Many of you know him from Formula Forensics & Data table related articles on Chandoo.org. See about Hui page for more about him.
In no particular order:
- Minimize the use of Volatile Functions
- Organize your workbook layout and data methodically
- Where possible use fixed values or Named formulas instead of lookups even if the values only change rarely, flag those for manual checking
- Don’t Start equations with a + that actually adds 0.4% calculation time
- Minimize use of the Data Table command to running summaries only at the end of a project
- Review the logic of the model and all if’s or lookup choices for necessity or alternatives
- Use negatives instead of multiple positives where appropriate in conjunction with If’s and Lookups
- Learn about Conjunctive Truth Tables, they Rock for reporting
- Array formulas can do the work of dozens of normal cells, but use cautiously
- Use Named Formulas and UDF’s instead of multiple Helper Cells/Rows or Columns
- Minimize of us Conditional Formatting
- Minimize use of linked workbooks especially if over network drives
- Take an advanced Excel course like the ExcelHero Academy
- Minimize the use of Excel 2007
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Excel Speeding up & Optimization Tips by George
About George:
George runs Excel Unusual, where you can learn about using Excel for engineering, simulations & games. In his work, he builds complex spreadsheet models all the time. So I asked him to share a few tactics with us. He wrote 2 articles in response to my request.
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Excel Speeding up & Optimization Tips by Gregory
About George:
Gregory runs Excel Semipro, where he shares Excel tips & ideas. I asked him to contribute to the Speedy Spreadsheet Week. This is what he says,
Tips by George:
To speed up my worksheet files, I have one primary rule: do not use the OFFSET function, which is volatile and can slow things down considerably. In newer spreadsheets I use Tables and The imposing INDEX function to keep ranges automatically updated. In Excel 2003 I use an event-based approach, with named ranges, the worksheet deactivate module, and VBA to keep lists and ranges updated.
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Excel Speeding up & Optimization Tips by Luke
About Luke:
Luke is one of the Excel Ninjas at Chandoo.org where he contributed more than 1000 posts. I asked Luke to share some optimization tips based on his vast experience of using Excel & helping others. This is what he suggests:
- In VB, whenever I see a line like Selection.something that’s usually an indicator that I’m using extra lines. Either I need to apply the method directly to the object instead of selecting it, or I need to use a With statement.
- With Event macros, don’t forget the all-important lines of Application.EnableEvents = False and Application.EnableEvents = True so that you don’t cause multiple events to be triggered.
- See a section of code that you’re repeating? Probably need to make this a separate Sub or Function that you can then reference from the main code.
- When building your formula page, think top-down. Cells near the top of worksheet should be referenced in formulas that are below, not vice-versa. XL likes to calculate left to right, top to bottom. Scattering cell references around makes it work harder.
- When using large amounts of data that you want to be charted, sometimes I’ll build a formula sheet within the workbook with data, and then just build another workbook that uses a data query (referencing the formula results) to generate the charts.
- This might be more along the lines of auditing a worksheet, but sometimes it’s hard to see how I’ve laid out my constants and formulas, and using a worksheet map helps bring things into focus (related: create a worksheet map)
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Excel Speeding up & Optimization Tips by Narayan
About Narayan:
Narayan is one of the Excel Ninjas at Chandoo.org where he contributed more than 1000 posts. I asked Narayan to share some optimization tips based on his vast experience of using Excel & helping others. This is what he suggests:
Period-to-Date and Cumulative SUMs
There are two methods of doing period-to-date or cumulative SUMs. Suppose the numbers that you want to cumulatively SUM are in column A, and you want column B to contain the cumulative sum; you can do either of the following:
You can create a formula in column B such as =SUM($A$1:$A2) and drag it down as far as you need. The beginning cell of the SUM is anchored in A1, but because the finishing cell has a relative row reference, it automatically increases for each row.
You can create a formula such as =$A1 in cell B1 and =$B1+$A2 in B2 and drag it down as far as you need. This calculates the cumulative cell by adding this row’s number to the previous cumulative SUM.
For 1,000 rows, the first method makes Excel do about 500,000 calculations, but the second method makes Excel do only about 2,000 calculations.
Subtotals
Use the SUBTOTAL function to SUM filtered lists. The SUBTOTAL function is useful because, unlike SUM, it ignores the following:
Hidden rows that result from filtering a list. Starting in Excel 2003, you can also make SUBTOTAL ignore all hidden rows, not just filtered rows.
Other SUBTOTAL functions.
Using SUMPRODUCT to Multiply and Add Ranges and Arrays.
In cases like weighted average calculations, where you need to multiply a range of numbers by another range of numbers and sum the results, using the comma syntax for SUMPRODUCT can be 20 to 25 percent faster than an array-entered SUM.
{=SUM($D$2:$D$10301*$E$2:$E$10301)}
=SUMPRODUCT($D$2:$D$10301*$E$2:$E$10301)
=SUMPRODUCT($D$2:$D$10301,$E$2:$E$10301)
These three formulas all produce the same result, but the third formula, which uses the comma syntax for SUMPRODUCT, takes only about 77 percent of the time to calculate that the other two formulas need.
Dynamic Ranges
These are most often created using the OFFSET and COUNTA functions , as in the following :
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)-1,1)
Sometimes , when data is stored in the form of records , so that all columns have data to the same extent , there may be several dynamic ranges ; say we have ORDER_ID in column A , CUSTOMER_ID in column B , and the AMOUNT in column C. Thus there may be several dynamic ranges as follows :
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)-1,1)
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$B$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$B:$B)-1,1)
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$C$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$C:$C)-1,1)
These can be simplified to :
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)-1,1)
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$B$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)-1,1)
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$C$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)-1,1)
These can then be optimized by storing the COUNTA value in a cell , and using the cell reference within the OFFSET formula :
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,Sheet1!$F$1,1)
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$B$1,0,0, Sheet1!$F$1,1)
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$C$1,0,0, Sheet1!$F$1,1)
Where Sheet1!$F$1 contains the formula : =COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)-1
For more, refer to MSDN.
Resetting the USED RANGE
Pressing CTRL END will take the cursor and place it on the cell which Excel thinks is the last used cell in the worksheet.
Suppose you do this , and the cursor lands on D27 ; now navigate to any cell which is as far away as you can imagine , say AA3456 ; enter any character , even a space will do ; then clear the cell contents by pressing the DEL key.
Pressing CTRL END will now take the cursor to AA3456.
To reset the USED RANGE , go to the Immediate Window of the VBA Project , and enter the following statement :
Application.ActiveSheet.UsedRange
Your used range should now be reset to its earlier value of D27 ; pressing CTRL END will now take the cursor to D27.
Refer to this Stackoverflow discussion for more.
Excel Speeding up & Optimization Tips by Jordan
About Jordan:
Jordan runs Option Explicit, an Excel VBA blog. He shared these tips with us,
- When reading and writing to ranges, use .value2 (this is noticeable for large, iterative calculations)
- Ensure that ALL spreadsheet errors are handled. The most common errors I see ignored are #Ref errors and #Div (for dividing by zero). Use Go To Special… to find these errors and either delete them or use IFERROR to handle them. In my opinion, Excel errors are one of the biggest contributing factors to slow spreadsheets.
- When using INDEX, include the row or column number even if you don’t need it. For example, if I’m pulling data from only one column, I need only write =INDEX(A1:A10, 1) to pull the first item. However, =INDEX(A1:A10, 1, 1) appears to be a hair faster. Try it.
- Cut down on Lookup functions. In many instances, the lookup table has already encoded information in the correct order. Instead of looking up, say, Stage 2, just use INDEX on the desired column and pull from row 2.
Thanks to Hui, George, Gregory, Luke, Narayan & Jordan
Many thanks to all of you for sharing these ideas & tips so that we can speed up Excel. If you found these tips useful, say thanks to the contributors.
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84 Responses to “Beam Me Up Scotty – Excel Hyperlinks”
I've just started using the formula version "=HYPERLINK("S:\Reserving\Management Judgment comments\check for MJ comments TOS 006 "&TEXT(month,"mmmm yyy")&".xls","MJ Comments")" and making it dynamic as some of the files that I use have a new name each month, or even each day.
I have an Excel file called "Important Stuff'. Rather than use post it notes, I put information I need into this file. I create hyperlinks to the files I most reference; especially when I have many different versions. I then add comments in the cells next to the hyperlinks to tell me what the differences are. I rarely have to search as everything is right there in the one file.
Great article! I'm bookmarking this for reference. Thanks for putting 'all you need to know about hyperlinks' in one place.
Hyperlinks are great but "Hyperlinks for navigating a spreadsheet are lost if saved as a "pdf". Even if you are utilizing Adobe Writer 8.0.0"
Great info! I never thought of using hyperlinks in Excel. Mostly used them in Word, email and especially in Powerpoint.
One cool thing I do is combine the hpyerlink function with a custom function I had help in building. I have a list of contractors from our Accounting Software (Quickbooks). We keep scanned copies of the 1099s in one folder. We can then download the data, which includes the vendors TaxPayer ID. The formula then checks for the file. If it exists, it provides a link to open it. If it doesn't it says so.
Here is the custom function code:
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Public Function MyFileExists(MyFilePath As String) As Boolean
Dim objFSO As Object
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
MyFileExists = objFSO.FileExists(MyFilePath)
Set objFSO = Nothing
End Function
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Bobby
BobbyBluford.com
This is aewsome. I have been using hyperlink since a long time. I like this option as this helps me create my Dashboard like a webpage. Thanks for sharing this, I got more insight of this option. 🙂
Bobby: Fantastic idea! What's amazing is as soon as I started reading 'scanned copies' in your post I was thinking 'hey that would be cool if you could just link to the files if and only if they exist'. Then you described how you do exactly that!
Nice one.
I use hyperlinks to jump from one location in a tab to another. When I add rows, the hyperlink destination location does not reflect the rows I just inserted. Does anyone know a way around this?
@All
If you like playing pranks on you co-workers or friends here is a simple Excel Hyperlink prank.
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Open a workbook, probably not an overly important one, and select a page then either Use Ctrl A twice or select all the cells by clicking in the area to the upper left of A1.
Right click any cell and insert a Hyperlink, doesn't matter what its to, Another page, a Web Site or Send an Email
close the file
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When anybody opens the file and clicks anywhere on the page it will execute the Hyperlink, even on a blank cell, where the Hyperlink isn't shown
This works particularly well on Blank worksheets
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To remove right click anywhere on the page and Remove Hyperlinks
I have been wrestling hyperlinks to PDF files for over a year now, I can insert hyperlinks fine, and they look beautiful, but when click on them it comes up with "Cannot Open the Specified File". Does anyone know if this is because PDFs are unsupported by Excel or can other people get hyperlinks to PDFs working OK.
My application is a register of approved capital expenditure projects and the link is to a PDF scan of the signed approved document.
Did you add ".pdf" when you created the link?
I know this is an old comment, but we had the same problem too and the solution takes a little digging.
1. Open Adobe Reader X
2. Pick "Preferences" from the "Edit" menu
3. Pick the "General" category on the left.
4. Uncheck the "Enable Protected Mode at startup" box at the bottom.
5. Close Adobe Reader and retry opening the PDF file from Excel and it should work now.
Abobe Reader XI has a similar problem with a different error message. The settings in Reader XI seem to be Edit > Preferences > Security (Enhanced). At first I tried unchecking "Enable Protected Mode at startup" as this was the fix in Acrobat X. This did not work for me the first time. Then I tried unchecking "Enable Enhanced Security" and it started working. Then to test it, I re-checked both boxes... and it still works. I am not sure if other settings changed along the way, so I can't confirm the resolution other than "try this and see if it works!"
@JJ
What version of Excel are you using ?
and
What PDF Reader are you using ?
I assume you are using the Link to an Existing File or Web Page dialog?
Because that has worked as described for years without error
I am using excel 2007
The PDF reader I am using is Adobe Reader X.
So nothing really unusual.
I am using the Insert Ribbon, then the Hyperlink Icon.
I just had anohter play with it - it seems to work OK if the PDF file is on my C drive, but as soon as the PDF file is on a network drive it comes up with the error.
[...] Introduction to Excel Hyperlinks [...]
Dear Bobby i think your solution is very near to my requriment but can please explain in layman terms . I have a set of files in a folder let say a,b,c,d,e and i have a range of column in excel a1,b1,c1,d1,e1 .So if i click cell a1 file "a" should open. For range of 5 cells we can hyperlink each cell but if i have 100s of cells and files How can i apply hyperlink to all of them at once please explain
I'm using excel 2010 & adobe reader 10 - getting the same error "Cannot Open the Specified File” when linking to a file on a networked drive. File opens fine if it's on my PC.
Hope this helps.
Say in cell Z1, I have the URL: http://www.microsoft.com
And, I have a rectangle shape near A1... and I want it to have a hyperlink... and the URL for the hyperlink should be the URL in cell Z1.
So, when someone clicking the Rect will be taken to http://www.microsoft.com
When the URL is changed in cell Z1 to say http://www.yahoo.com
Now, when clicking the Rect should take him to the new URL.
How to achieve this? Thanks.
I am using Excel 2007. I have a spreadsheet with hyperlinks that were created using formulas, such as =HYPERLINK( Link Location, Name).
The hyperlinks work fine while I am in Excel, so I know they are active. However, when I use Acrobat 10 Pro to pdf the spreadsheet (and select the option to "Add Links") the Web links are no longer active.
I imagine it's because Acrobat cannot handle the "behind the scenes" commands such as a formula, and then just uses the visible text in that particular cell.
Has anyone found a work-a-round for this problem?
The problem is that the hyperlinks in Excel are nothing more than cell references. However the cell disappear when saving as .pdf.
In Powerpoint, the slide references can convert to pdf and continue to work.
[...] Hyperlinks: for accessing other parts of the workbook & data [...]
I have a single page dashboard created, where I would like each of the graphs to serve as a hyperlink to the actual data that creates the graph. The problem I'm running into is the URL for the hyperlink can be very long, depending on the data used to create the graph. Does anyone know how to get around the 255 characters limit Excel has on URLs? I used =Hyperlink(A1)&Hyperlink(A2) without Excel returning an error, but when I click on the link, it doesn't do anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Brad,
I realize this comment is about 4 1/2 years old and you probably won't see this. But for anyone else who reads this, what about a URL shortening service like bitly, tinyurl, etc.?
I need to use hyperlink in excel to brows a web page according to each row
of a table that it's data comes from a external source such a sql connection.
but the text I have genarated from sql query "=hyperlink("Http://somthing.com","WebPage")"
appearing just like above text if i edit i in sheet for example adding some space after of before text and accepting changes then link become a real link
any kelp!
I would be appreciate
The simplest way to add web page links is:
1. In your browser, copy the url
2. Paste the url into a cell
3. Press F2
Done!
Hi Gents
i don't have not much knowledge about hyper link.Could please any
one can explain how hyper link has been working.
@Mohanraj
A hyperlink is like a shortcut
By selecti8ng the hyper link it takes you somewhere else
Hyperlinks can:
Take you some place else, like another sheet or workbook or open other file, they don't even have to be an Excel file
Hyperlinks can be placed in cells, ranges or objects in Worksheets like Charts or Rectangles etc, all of which trigger the hyper link when you click them
The post should tell you the rest of the story on how to use them
Hi I am trying to insert an activex control from Developer tab and add hyperlink (web address) to it. Hyperlink button is not enabled in Excel 2010. The same option is available in Excel 2007. I am trying to this by C# code using this function.
ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Add(ActiveXObject,"http:\\www.gmail.com",Type.Missing,"Screen Tip",Type.Missing);
This code throws 'invalid argument' exception. I tried to use 'Application.Selection' for anchor as first argument with out any success.
Any help is appreciated.
Regards,
Thanks with regard to providing these types of
good information.
Please tell any body..
Can we add a shortcut key as address of a hyperlink in Excel so that when we click on that hyper link the shortcut key works.
[…] Introduction to hyperlinks […]
I have an excel sheet with quite a lot of hyperlinks to files and folders in the server. We will be implementing new servers as part of a project, which means the directory structure of the old server will be moved to the new one.
Is there an easy way to keep the existing hyperlinks intact when moving to the new server? or do I have to edit each hyperlink and start all over again?
Your help on this much appreciated.
Cheers
ST
useful information
trying to hyperlink a cell with an object placed in shared folder.
It only kinks the shared folder but not the object in it...help!!!
I love the details on your websites. Thanks for your time!
Pl show me how to add a hypelink inside a text box, shape & image
so when I click any of the above it directs to hyperlink destination
Thanks
kanil
@Kanil
Simply insert a shape
Right click on the shape and select Hyperlink
I am trying to insert a .pdf file into an Excel spreadsheet. I have a large library of .pdf part drawings located on our server.
Path = Z:\MachineShop\Administration\Customer Drawings\
I would like the hyperlink to use a concatenated cell (C19) which contains =CONCATENATE(QUOTE!C1, QUOTE!D19)) QUOTE!C1 is the name of the file minus the .pdf suffix and QUOTE!D19 contains the .pdf suffix which is added to the part number to complete the file name. I would like the hyperlinked image to automatically load when a new value (part number) is entered into QUOTE!C1. Is this possible?
Trying to display only text if a parameter is/isn't found on a positive or negative IF response when using the IF and HYPERLINK functions together. If looking for a "No" value (positive) or if looking for a "Yes" value (negative); both are written correctly, to include the VBA macro, and what should drive a text-only response supplies a hyperlink that shouldn't be a hyperlink. It goes like this:
With Table1:
Positive No response:
=IF($O2="No", "Missing", IF($O2="Yes", HYPERLINK(pathname(), "Open"), HYPERLINK(alternatepathname(), "Open")))
Negative No response:
=IF($O2="Yes", HYPERLINK(pathname(), "Open"), IF($O2="Yes", HYPERLINK(alternatepathname(), "Open"), "Missing"))
Well, based on both responses, if Missing is displayed, it is a hyperlink, that points to nothing, instead of text. It looks like a flaw in Excel's coding. Is there a way to force just text to display?
As soon as I posted this, I found the answer.
The desired text-only response should still be writted with a HYPERLINK since one HYPERLINK function makes the entire cell followable regardless of the answer. In my case, I should write my formula like so:
=IF($O2=”No”, HYPERLINK("", "Missing", IF($O2="Yes", HYPERLINK(pathname(), "Open"), HYPERLINK(alternatepathname(), "Open")))
Having applied this, the hyperlink "look" still exists, but you can format over the cells. You don't have an active hyperlink, but you would still get the "pointer hand" like it were a hyperlink.
Hi,
I have an issue with Excel 2013. I am trying to add Navigation buttons to move around my workbook and I can't. I link the hyperlink to the place I want and try clicking the newly placed button/hyperlink and it throws up this Error Box message: ''Your organisation's policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more information please contact helpdesk.
Any ideas of what to check or change in Excel to be able to use hyperlinks? It was working a few days ago and now this nonsense!!
Thanks.
Without having Excel in front of me, you may want to check a few things.
File permissions in the folder your document is saved.
Make sure it isn't read-only.
If it is opened as an attachment, save it to your desktop first.
If it is saved to a network folder, try saving to your desktop.
See if you can add a trusted location for the document in Excel.
If you are still prohibited from this functionality, your group policy setting applied to your machine are probably restricting this action. You may have to look into whether you really need this functionality.
Hi All,
I have a question:
Is it possible to set hyperlink to an object?
What I mean is to follow the link to an object, not to put on an object.
For example, I have 10 pictures on my worksheets, I would like to set 10 hyperlinks on 10 cells (namely Pic 1, Pic 2, etc.) that will lead me to the corresponding pictures.
Is that possible?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Cheers, 🙂
@MF
Yes,
Right click on the item, which can be a chart, shape, cell and Add/Insert Hyperlink
Set the location as a Range, Web address, external file etc
Hi Hui,
Thanks for your quick response.
However I want the link to be put on cell that will lead me to the object; not the other way.
Is it possible?
Why not put the pictures in a cell and link to the cell the picture is in?
Because the position of the object will be moved from time to time; and the picture is too big to be put into a single cell... 🙂
I link to charts often, and just merge cells or link to the upper left corner.
If it moves, that is trouble. Your best bet may be to run a macro to select it:
Sub SelectPicture()
Sheets("MyTab").Shapes("Picture 1").Select
End Sub
Thanks Mike for your suggestion.
I will give it a try. 🙂
I couldn't get the hyperlink formula to work and then found on some forums to put "#" before the sheet name..
so =HYPERLINK("#SHEET1!A1","WHY IN THE WORLD DOES THIS WORK")
does anyone know what the "#" does and why it is necessary?
thanks
Hi,
I have one excel document with four worksheets. The first sheet has the hyperlinks to the other worksheets. The issue I have is when I click on the hyperlink, it takes me directly to the source I need, but i find it hard to locate where the hyperlink has taken me on the screen, due to many cells of information being on the screen. So I'm wondering is there anyway of highlighting the cell that the hyperlink takes me to (ie: the source) or highlighting the borders of the source once I jumped there.
Hi
I have a workbook that I have created and am using a hyperlink to navigate to another page however I would like the info from the previous page NOT to save is there a way to do this?
@Angela
You could probably do this using some VBA Code
I'd suggest posting the question on the Forums and attach a sample file
http://forum.chandoo.org/
Explain exactly what you want to achieve
I am trying to create a hyperlink or formula that will generate an email but also include the file I am in as an attachment.
@Chandan
I doubt that can all be done by a simple Hyperlink
It could be done with a small piece of VBA Code
I'd suggest using the search box at the top right of this page as I am pretty sure that has been answered before
Thank you for the excellent tutorial. Pls help me on how to create a link in excel to open a specific page in pdf. I have use several code to do this but still take me to page of the pdf file. How do I do this to jump to a specific page directly by clicking a link from excel. Thank
@Muffliu
Try:
=hyperlink("E:\testfile.pdf#page=5")
I have an excel document with hyperlinks to a folder on my desktop. I now want to share the document, but am struggling to keep the hyperlinks working. When others open the file, I get an error that the internet site reports that the item requested cannot be found. Is there a work around that doesn't require re-hyperlinking all of the documents?
Hello,
Well we use a particular software for document management made by humming bird software. This software is supposed to be a last version Archive save. That is not what it is used for at our work though it is used as an active directory. I was wondering if anyone has recent experience with hyperlinking between two or more documents in this type of storage.
Is there a hyperlinks for dummies? I need to link a pdf in an excel spreadsheet from my PC. I want to be able to email it to send it by email and be able to open spread sheet with the link on smart phone. Please help!
Repeat the process of coloring and ironing until you like what
you see.
I have two mysteries in Excel 2010:
1. I was given a spreadsheet in which numerous cells were formatted with hyperlinks and asked to extract the hyperlinks so they could be viewed directly in adjacent cells. I never found a function that could do that and didn't have months to take a class to learn to use VBA.
2. When you type a URL into a cell and hit enter, Excel converts the formatting of that cell so that it becomes hyperlinked. I have a spreadsheet that stopped doing that. In fact, the Insert Hyperlink command has been disabled in the ribbon and in the right-click menu. (However, the =hyperlink("") function still works.) How did that happen, and how do I get the command back?
I checked File > Options > Proofing. Nothing was out of the ordinary there.
@Rich
Can you please ask the question in the Chandoo.org Forum http://forum.chandoo.org/
There are a number of ways Hyperlinks can be added and so attaching a sample file would be great and will speed up an answer
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How can you make the entire cell active? Normally only the text within the cell becomes active and the remaining white space only selects the cell. Example: if the cell columnwidth is say 30 but the hyperlink textToDisplay is "XYZ" then only "XYZ" will be the active portion and all the empty space within the cell is not.
There is an exception. If the cell is formatted with an indention then the entire cell becomes active. For my purpose this exception can be used but I desire to have the cell text centered. But sometimes the cell width is just a fraction larger than the width of the text so indention would break the desired formatting. This is why I would like to have the entire cell hyperlink active and the textToDisplay centered without an indent.
When I originally commented I seem to have clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now whenever a comment is added
I receive four emails with the exact same comment.
Perhaps there is a way you are able to remove me from that service?
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I am having difficulty in opening a hyperlink to a pdf that is housed on the internet (an internet hyperlink ending in .pdf). When I first click the link in excel, I get an alert which says: "Opening.....pdf. Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer.... Would you like to open? I click OK, and then I get an Excel error that says "Unable to open https://......pdf. The internet site report that a connection was established but the data is not available. How do I get around this? I can copy the hyperlink out of Excel, paste it into my web browser and it opens without any problems. Thanks.
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I tried the FoloowHyperlink worksheet event for a hyperlink text in a cell; attached some code to it, and it worked well. When I created a second hyperlink and attached some other code to this hyperlink in another cell, and clicked it, it worked but the result was not what I expected. The second hyperlink executed the code meant for the first hyperlink.
The questions are:
1. Whether the FoloowHyperlink event works for only one hyperlink in one sheet?
2. If not, how many hyperlinks can I create in ONE sheet and attach different code to them. How?
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I have a Master Excel Workbook in which i have linked the relative documents using hyperlinks. These workbooks open when i click on the Hyperlink. i have also created a back Link to Direct back to the Master. But in the process when i get directed back to Master Excel Workbook the Other Workbook which opened by clicking hyperlink remains open. I want those opened workbooks to close when i click back to master file. Is there a way in which i go directly to the master Excel Workbook by simultaneously closing the other Workbook.
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