Microsoft KB Archive/239198

= Works 2000: Database Hangs When You Insert a Hyperlink into an Embedded Excel Spreadsheet =

Article ID: 239198

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works Suite 2000

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This article was previously published under Q239198



SYMPTOMS
When you insert a Microsoft Excel 97 spreadsheet as an object into a Microsoft Works 2000 database, and you then you attempt to insert a hyperlink into a cell of the embedded Excel 97 spreadsheet, the program may stop responding.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you are using a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computer and you attempt to insert the hyperlink by clicking Hyperlink on the Insert menu.



RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, insert the hyperlink by pressing CTRL+K on the keyboard:
 * 1) Double-click the spreadsheet object in the Works database to place the focus on the spreadsheet.
 * 2) Click an empty cell in the spreadsheet to select the cell.
 * 3) Press CTRL+K to open the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.
 * 4) Type the hyperlink that you want or click a hyperlink in the list, and then click OK.

The hyperlink is displayed in the cell as blue underlined text.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: w_works works2k link winnt

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB239198

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