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434398 2006-02-28 03:54:00 I copy, rename and re-use an Excel spread-sheet on an annual basis. However, it seems to have a link to an old, long since cancelled, file. I cannot find the (or any) cell which requires this link in order to erase it.

Can anyone tell me how to find where this link originates - I know I can cancel the requirement after it comes up, but the whole process is annoying?

Thanks

dcsp
dcsp (9883)
434399 2006-02-28 04:04:00 In Excel - Edit - Links

You will get the option to break the link there.
godfather (25)
434400 2006-02-28 04:28:00 There is a utility called dellinks.exe that breaks old links in Excel. You can get it from one of these pages (www.google.com). FoxyMX (5)
434401 2006-02-28 05:05:00 But its much easier to use the edit link facility in Excel, Foxy.

You also get to see what document its linked to as a bonus.
godfather (25)
434402 2006-02-28 05:10:00 Features, features, features. That one seems to be not too well hidden, but ... ;)

I believe that most of the features which people ask to be added to the MS Office are already there. It's just that there are so many features that people can't find them. :cool:
Graham L (2)
434403 2006-02-28 07:03:00 But its much easier to use the edit link facility in Excel, Foxy.

You also get to see what document its linked to as a bonus.
Yes, definitely - if the link is actually visible in the worksheet.

I once had a spreadsheet that, for a very long time, I wasn't able to break the link to another, deleted, spreadsheet but it kept on wanting to update itself. In the end the only way I was able to break the link and fix it was with the app referred to in my previous post.
FoxyMX (5)
434404 2006-02-28 07:14:00 I believe that most of the features which people ask to be added to the MS Office are already there. It's just that there are so many features that people can't find them. :cool:The feature I want isn't there :) I've looked many times... many many many times... all I've ever asked is to be able to have more than 65536 rows in Excel... it seems so simple, but it's never been done :(

Mike.
Mike (15)
434405 2006-02-28 07:48:00 Yes, definitely - if the link is actually visible in the worksheet.

I once had a spreadsheet that, for a very long time, I wasn't able to break the link to another, deleted, spreadsheet but it kept on wanting to update itself. In the end the only way I was able to break the link and fix it was with the app referred to in my previous post.
That has to be a corruption in the spreadsheet though, as if there is no editable link then there is no actual link.
godfather (25)
434406 2006-02-28 18:11:00 The feature I want isn't there :) I've looked many times... many many many times... all I've ever asked is to be able to have more than 65536 rows in Excel... it seems so simple, but it's never been done :(

Mike.

Hi Mike, I believe the 655536 row limit will be increased when MS release a 64-bit version of Excel. My understanding is the row limit will be >1,000,000.
Parry (5696)
434407 2006-02-28 18:50:00 Hi Mike, I believe the 655536 row limit will be increased when MS release a 64-bit version of Excel. My understanding is the row limit will be >1,000,000.That would be terrific! I usually need around the 300,000 mark, so that would work just find for me ;)

I suppose that would require a 64bit processor and a 64 bit OS? Hmmm... That might swing me toward a certain CPU brand for my new PC ;)

Mike.
Mike (15)
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