Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Hyperlinks in Excel: Hot or not? (Videos)

HOT, of course! Well, actually, it depends on.

Have ever:

Accidentally activates a hypertext link, if only to determine the cell?A number of URLs that must not hot - be imported?Imports a set of URLs, which are hot - but do not have to be?Wanted inserted in links with "friendly" display text, but URLs to show instead?URLs of bits of text in different columns together wanted to sew?

I don't know about you, but I "only all the time," "Uh huh" answers "Affirmative" and "Yep" to these questions, "Oh yes".

Links travel often people, so we asked Excel expert Bill Jelen to create videos, some häufigeren to answer the customer questions. Check out ' em. Help them?

How can I select a cell that contains a hyperlink without suddenly jump to the link target?

To a cell that contains a hyperlink without actually activating that select links, click outside the cell, and use one of the arrow keys to navigate to the cell. You can press also CTRL and then click the cell. Or, you can click on the link and for about two seconds hold. If the hand icon change to a white plus icon see letting go of the mouse.

How do I remove one or more hyperlinks? How do I disable the automatic creation of hyperlinks?

Excel 2010 has two new menu items with which you can remove multiple links at once: remove hyperlinks (note the plural!) and clear links. These commands you can clean a whole list of links immediately. If you are using an old version of Excel, Bill shows how to use a macro instead. Bonus: Learn how to prevent Excel from automatically to create hyperlinks as you type.

What I do when I insert a column of URLs in Excel, but none of the links are hot?

In this scenario, you must convert the text in the actual hyperlinks. If you have to convert a few links, press F2 to edit the cell, and press ENTER. If you need to fix a huge list of links, you can the hyperlink function.

I pasted a large number of links from a Web page in Excel, but I see only the display name. How can I show URLs instead of display name?

When should I use the hyperlink function instead of the command Insert Hyperlink ? What is the diff, at all?

Have to create a few links that you can Insert Hyperlink command use. If you need to with a variety of links, again, should the hyperlink function. Bonus: Watch Bill take columns, the bits of a URL are and take them into a single URL for use with the hyperlink function.

How can I create e-Mail links from the text in several different columns?

You say that you are in column A first name and last name in column (b). The ampersand (&) and the hyperlink function to create e-Mail addresses can be combined. When you click the link, your E-mail program automatically starts and creates an E-mail message with the correct address in the box at .

For more tips, visit Bill's website, MrExcel.com.

--Anneliese Wirth


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