Hi Joyce,
what did the hyperlink address look like before and after -- complete link.
how did you enter the hyperlink
what version of Excel

You can only have one workbook with the same file name (example.xls) open
at time.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"Joyce" wrote in message ...
WHen I insert hyperlinks in a local document, I browse to the (other local)
document that I want to link to. For some reason, those links periodically
turn into c:\. . . applicata_data\office, etc. hyperlinks and they break.
Does anyone know why this happens and how to prevent it from happening?

Thx