I'v using XL2K. I wish I understood what you're saying. When I try to do
what I think you're saying, I get caught in the trap (ie, mail things
start trying to open, etc.). Bill Gates really screwed this one up
well. Thanks for trying to help.

Ragdyer wrote:
You didn't mention your version, but I'm on a XL97 machine today, so I can't
exactly advise on how some of the newer versions disable this "feature",
which they can do.
An old trick for these older versions was to click into an adjoining cell to
the link, and then use the arrow keys to enter the linked cell, therefore
by-passing the "automatic" activation.