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Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa.

Now wearing sackcloth and ashes



On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:36:52 -0500, Dave Peterson
wrote:

I don't see that on David McRitchie's PDF page.

Are you falling down on your updates to others requiring updates?

<vbg

ps. I just sent him a message with your FYI comment.

Gord Dibben wrote:

Info only.........

I have switched from Acrobat Reader to Foxit Reader.

Much quicker and to date has given no problems when hyperlinking to PDF files
from Excel.

Also FREE

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:21:33 -0500, Dave Peterson
wrote:

Maybe it's not excel. A few people complained that the Reader appeared and then
disappeared.

So make sure you have the latest version of the softwa
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloa...13&fileID=2551

Dove Red Robin wrote:

dont know if it our machines or what, when we place a hyperlink to a .pfd
document on the network, and attempt to activate the link, the Reader window
flashes and then closes. We have tried it on several different machines and
several .pdf files. Hyper linking works with other types of file and even to
open an explorer window to where the .pdf is stored.

Any help or advice would be most welcome

Dove Red Robin
Harrogate
England


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP