Microsoft KB Archive/181909

= XL98: Double-Clicking Hyperlink May Activate Edit Mode =

Article ID: 181909

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q181909



SYMPTOMS
When you double-click a hyperlink in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you may end up in Edit mode in the destination cell for the hyperlink.



WORKAROUND
If you double-click a hyperlink in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, and the link points to a cell within any sheet in the active workbook, you may end up in Edit mode in the destination cell. To prevent this from occurring, single-click the hyperlink, because the hyperlink will take you directly to the destination cell. There is no need to double-click the hyperlink.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
You can create hyperlinks to other files on your computer, your network, the Internet, or to other cells or defined names within the current workbook. A hyperlink to another location within the current workbook looks very similar to a linking formula, except that the hyperlink is not preceded by an equal sign (=).

To create a hyperlink from cell A1 in Sheet1 to cell A1 in Sheet2 in the same workbook, follow these steps:


 * 1) Select cell A1 in Sheet1.
 * 2) Click the Insert Hyperlink toolbar button.
 * 3) In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click Select to the right of the "Named location in file: (Optional)" box.
 * 4) In the "Browse Excel Workbook" dialog box, click Sheet Name and type A1 in the Reference box. Then, click Sheet2 in the list of sheets in the workbook, and click OK.
 * 5) Click OK.

In cell A1, you will have a hyperlink that when clicked once, will activate cell A1 in Sheet2.

