How to Merge Multiple CSV Files in Excel (Step-by-Step Guide)

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Have a bunch of CSV files in a folder and want to merge or combine them to one big file? Follow these simple instructions to combine multiple CSV files in to one spreadssheet using Microsoft Excel (2016 or above).

What you need?

  • A folder with CSV files (click here to download sample files, if you need some)
  • Microsoft Excel (2016 or above version)
folder of CSV files we want to merge

Method 1: Merge CSV Files using Power Query (Recommended)

This is by far the easiest and quickest way to combine data from CSV files in a folder using Excel.

Follow these steps:

  1. Close any opened CSV files: Before proceeding, close any of the opened CSV files. Make a note of the folder path too.
  2. Open Excel and make a new file: This will be our merged CSV data file. Here, we will setup Power Query to combine all the files.
  3. Go to Data Ribbon > Get Data and click on From Folder
Get data from folder option in Excel Power Query

Paste the folder path or navigate to the folder and click “select”.

  1. For simple CSV files: If your CSVs are already clean and you just want to merge them, select the Combine > Combine & Load option.
  2. For complex CSVs or if you need to clean-up data before merge: Select the Combine > Combine & Transform Data option. This will open up “Power Query Editor” so you can clean up data or apply “transformations”.
Combine & Load options in Excel Folder Merge

  1. Click “OK” in the next screen: This next screen shows a sample of your data (usually the first file) so you can confirm to Excel how your data looks. If your delimiter is not comma (for example, you have TSV files instead of CSV), you can also tell Excel about that using this screen.
Use this screen to tell Excel about your file and delimiter structure.
  1. If you selected “Combine & Load” option: Your merge is done! The combined data from your CSV files is now loaded into Excel. This is how it will look (see below). You can use the “Source name” column to figure out which file each row came from.
Example merged CSV files in Excel

For “Advanced” Merge Scenarios – Combine & Transform Data

If your CSV files are not so simple or you want to further clean-up data after merging, you can follow these steps.

Select the “Combine & Transform Data” option in after Step 3 (ie once you point the folder). This will take you to Power Query editor (after you confirm the file details, as shown in step 6 above).

Once you are in Power Query Editor screen, you can apply any data clean-up and transformation steps on your data easily. I will share a few examples below. But refer to my Power Query tutorial page or video for detailed information on how to use Power Query for data cleaning and transformations.

Example 1: Removing the “Total” column from merged CSV files

Let’s say you don’t want the “total” column from these merged budget files. In the Power Query editor, right click on the “total” column and select “remove”. This will remove the total budget column. Don’t worry, it is not going to remove data from original CSV files. But when you merge the data, you won’t just see the “total” column.

Removing unwanted columns in merged CSV Data

Example 2: Reshaping the 12 columns to month & value column structure

While the 12 monthly column structure works best for gathering budget data, it may not be ideal for data analysis. So let’s reshape our merged data to a format like this:

  • File name
  • Budget Category
  • Month
  • Budget value

Essentially, each row of the data in original CSV file becomes 12 rows in merged file. This process is caleld “unpivoting”. It looks like this:

how unpivoting works - illustration

To unpivot data in Power Query Editor:

  1. Select the file name & cost category columns (and any other columns you want to retain).
  2. Tip: You can hold Shift or CTRL to multi-select columns in Power Query Editor.
  3. Right click on the selected columns and select “Unpivot other columns” option.
Unpivoting budget data in the merged CSV files

This will replace the 12 monthly columns with a new “Attribute” and “Value” columns. These are nothing but our Month and Budget columns!

After unpivot - much better combined CSV file

Renaming the columns: You can double click on the column header and rename it to Month and Budget.

Load combined CSV data to Excel:

When you finish the data clean up and transformations you want to do, go to the Home ribbon in Power Query editor and click on “Close & Load” to bring the finalized data to Excel.

How to load merged or combined data to Excel

Why this method is the best?

I have been using (and advocating) Power Query for more than 10 years. I can’t tell you how much time and effort this little trick has saved me. Here are my top reasons for why Power Query is the best way to merge CSV files.

  • Fully Dynamic: You don’t need to worry about changing files or growing (or even shrinking) data. Once you properly set up the Power Query connection, your data will be merged automatically even if there are 1000s of files.
  • Automated: One of the biggest challenges with data merges like this is that your raw data files change often. With Power Query, updating the “merged” dataset is really simple. Open the merged file, right click anywhere on the merged data table and select “Refresh” to automatically update the merged CSV data.
Refreshing or updating merged CSV data when the folder changes or you have new files
  • Works even if the columns are out of order*: This method works just as perfectly even if your CSV files have columns in jumbled order, as long as the column headings are same across files. That means if file 1 has “Cost category” as column 1 and file 3 has “Cost category” as column 14, the merge still works, as the column heading is matching in both cases. I talk about how to deal with more complex situations of mismatched headers in this video.

Other ways to combine or merge CSV files with Excel

We can also use below techniques to merge CSV files with Excel (I prefer Power Query btw).

  • Using VBA Macros to combine CSV files: Excel’s own coding language – VBA offers a powerful and proven way to combine multiple files (CSV, Text or even other Excel files) and get merged data in one place. This is an advanced method and not really recommended for beginners. Refer to this article for a detailed step-by-step instruction on how to combine data with Excel VBA
  • Manual Copy Pasting: For something quick and dirty, you can also manually open the CSV files and copy paste the data into master Excel file. This is an error-prone and labor intensive process and should only be used in one-off cases.
  • Command Line Utilities: As CSVs are just text files, you can also use a simple command line utility to combine multiple CSVs to one file. This has the disadvantage of repeating headers and not working when the headers don’t match up or columns don’t align. Here is the command for Windows. This combines the CSV files in the sub-folder “merge csv” to a new file named “combined_file.csv”.
copy /b "merge csv"\*.csv combined_file.csv
DOS command to merge CSV files
  • Using online tools: Plenty of online tools offer CSV merge functionality. You can upload your files on these websites and they will combine them for you. I suggest checking the privacy policies of these websites and using them only if you can’t apply Power Query or VBA or manual methods. Here are a few that offer this service: MergeCSV, CSV Combiner

Best Practices when Merging CSV Files (with PQ in Excel):

  • Columns should match (need not be in same order): The merge options in Power Query work best if your columns match, even if they are out of order across files.
  • Keep the folder clean: By default, Power Query is going to combine all the files in the folder you point to. So keep the folder clean and tight. Don’t copy or create files in the folder that you don’t want to merge.
  • Close files before refresh: Power Query refresh can fail or miss the files if you keep them open when updating the query. So close everything before you hit refresh.
  • Data Format Issues (especially with Dates): If you have CSVs containing dates and these files use different date formats, the merged file can be a mess and throw date formatting issues. Synchronize date and currency formats across files before merging them to avoid such data format issues.

In conclusion – Use Power Query to Merge your CSVs

Excel’s own Power Query offers a superior, easy and automatic way to combine CSV files. It works beautifully even when combining 1000s of files. For a recent client project, I combined 340 different budget files with Excel Power Query in under 10 minutes. Needless to say, the client’s jaw dropped when they saw the demo!

But for whatever reason, you can’t use Power Query, try either VBA or command line utilities or one of the online CSV combine options.

Bonus: Sample Files & CSV Combine Template

If you need a hand with combining CSV files, download my sample data files and CSV combiner template using below links. Unzip the files and adjust folder path in Power Query (source step of the merged query) to make it work with your computer’s path.

Resources on Power Query

If you want to learn a bit more about what Power Query can do for your data problems, check out below resources:

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84 Responses to “Beam Me Up Scotty – Excel Hyperlinks”

  1. Rich says:

    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.

  2. Dennis says:

    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.

  3. Gregory says:

    Great article! I'm bookmarking this for reference. Thanks for putting 'all you need to know about hyperlinks' in one place.

  4. Kevin says:

    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"

  5. Patty says:

    Great info! I never thought of using hyperlinks in Excel. Mostly used them in Word, email and especially in Powerpoint.

  6. 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:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    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
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Bobby
    BobbyBluford.com

  7. Swapnil says:

    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. 🙂

  8. Cameron says:

    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.

  9. Jon says:

    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?

  10. Hui... says:

    @All
    If you like playing pranks on you co-workers or friends here is a simple Excel Hyperlink prank.
    .
    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
    .
    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
    .
    To remove right click anywhere on the page and Remove Hyperlinks

  11. JJ says:

    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.

    • V.Fitzsimmons says:

      Did you add ".pdf" when you created the link?

    • Mike Rizza says:

      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!"

  12. Hui... says:

    @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

  13. JJ says:

    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.

  14. mabs says:

    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

  15. Mark says:

    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.

  16. Fiaz says:

    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.

  17. Nanette says:

    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?

  18. Kevin says:

    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.

  19. Brad says:

    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.

    • Aaron Prosser says:

      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.?

  20. ABZ says:

    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 

  21. Ben says:

    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!

  22. mohanraj says:

    Hi Gents

    i don't have not much knowledge about hyper link.Could please any

    one can explain how hyper link has been working.

    • Hui... says:

      @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

  23. Shafi says:

    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,

  24. Thanks with regard to providing these types of
    good information.

  25. sam says:

    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.

  26. ST says:

    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

  27. Mohammad Faizan says:

    useful information

  28. Fahad says:

    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!!!

  29. Latoya Agcaoili says:

    I love the details on your websites. Thanks for your time!

  30. kanil says:

    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

  31. Scott says:

    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?

  32. Ken says:

    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?

    • Ken says:

      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.

  33. Cary says:

    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.

  34. Ken says:

    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.

  35. MF says:

    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, 🙂

    • Hui... says:

      @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

      • MF says:

        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?

    • Mike says:

      Why not put the pictures in a cell and link to the cell the picture is in?

      • MF says:

        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... 🙂

        • Mike says:

          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

  36. Adam says:

    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

  37. Cindy says:

    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.

  38. Angela says:

    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?

  39. chandAN says:

    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.

    • Hui... says:

      @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

  40. Mufliu says:

    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

  41. Catherine says:

    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?

  42. Dave says:

    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.

  43. Jo says:

    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!

  44. Repeat the process of coloring and ironing until you like what
    you see.

  45. Rich Wheeler says:

    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.

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  47. oldSarge says:

    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.

  48. promienniki gazowe says:

    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?

    Thank you!

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