KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q198196: WD97: Excel Object Pasted As Hyperlink Is a Single Link

Article: Q198196
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


SYMPTOMS
========

When you paste a selection of several cells into Word using the Paste As
Hyperlink command, the contents of each cell appear as separate hyperlinks.
However, the entire object is actually a single hyperlink. For example, when you
display fields codes, you see something like this:

     {HYPERLINK "c:\\My Documents\Book1.xls" \l "sheet1!C2"}

Where C2 in this example represents the last cell in the range of data in
Microsoft Excel. Note that this is a single cell reference and not a reference
to a range of cells. This cell reference can point to any cell, A1 or Z255 for
example, and depends on the amount of data that you copy and paste.

CAUSE
=====

When the information is copied from Excel and placed on the clipboard, it is
pasted as one large selection. Therefore, when you paste this selection into
Word, it pastes as a single object.


WORKAROUND
==========

To create hyperlinks to individual cells in an Excel worksheet, copy and paste a
single cell from Excel to Word.

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97

======================================================================
Keywords          : word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbprb

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.