thanks, but its not seeing the link. there are graphs from MInitab which are
causing the problem, and the add-in didn't find the links, but we had the
author remove the graphs and the hang disappeared. thanks, but it didn't
really resolve the issue. we have to do this manually, i guess.

"Michael" wrote:

Sorry about that totoro. Here it is: http://www.oaltd.co.uk/MVP/Default.htm
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Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"totoro" wrote:

rats your link didn't post

"Michael" wrote:

The following site has downloadable afindlinks function. You might want to
try it to see if there are links to the far end of your VPN. HTH
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Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"totoro" wrote:

I have a small excel file created by people in a remote location that takes
forever (more than 10 minutes) to open. the file is less than 2 mb. similarly
print previews take FOREVER
I am guessing its looking up, or trying to look up something on the far end
of our very slow VPN. how do I prevent this updating before I attempt to open
the file? while waiting for the file to open the CPU utilization maxes out
and stays there which frustrates multitasking.
thanks in advance