in Excel 2003, created hyperlink to a pdf document on our network. when the
hyperlink is clicked, Adobe opens for a quick second and closes. we are
running both Adobe 7.0 Pro and Adobe 8.0 reader. this is a major problem.
anyone with ideas or suggestions are encouraged to reply.

Hi,

I too experience the same problem, therefore I follow the procedure
mentioned below. It works seemlessly.

Do the following:

1. On the Insert menu, click Object. The Object dialog box is displayed.
2, Click the Create from File Tab.
3. Click the Browse button. Then select your .PDF document from
your local machine.
4. In the Browse dialog box, click the Insert button to return to the Object
dialog box.
5. Click the Link to File and Display as Icon check boxes if you want the
document to be displayed as an icon with the path of the document file or
just clear the Link to File and Display as Icon check boxes and adjust the
corners to to your requirement.

Challa Prabhu

"Scott Hippauf" wrote:

in Excel 2003, created hyperlink to a pdf document on our network. when the
hyperlink is clicked, Adobe opens for a quick second and closes. we are
running both Adobe 7.0 Pro and Adobe 8.0 reader. this is a major problem.
anyone with ideas or suggestions are encouraged to reply.

Hi,

I'm not sure what it is you are explaining but before I go try this, I
wanted to say that I am able to open the hyperlinks on other PC's. Some are
running just Adobe Reader 7 or 8 and others are running Adobe 7 Pro and
Reader 8. I have compared Adobe settings on all of these machines and they
all match up. All systems are running Excel 2003. I am going to upgrade to
Adobe 8 Pro to see if this makes a difference. Any other ideas or suggestions
from anyone is greatly appreciated.

"challa prabhu" wrote:

Hi,

I too experience the same problem, therefore I follow the procedure
mentioned below. It works seemlessly.

Do the following:

1. On the Insert menu, click Object. The Object dialog box is displayed.
2, Click the Create from File Tab.
3. Click the Browse button. Then select your .PDF document from
your local machine.
4. In the Browse dialog box, click the Insert button to return to the Object
dialog box.
5. Click the Link to File and Display as Icon check boxes if you want the
document to be displayed as an icon with the path of the document file or
just clear the Link to File and Display as Icon check boxes and adjust the
corners to to your requirement.

Challa Prabhu

"Scott Hippauf" wrote:

in Excel 2003, created hyperlink to a pdf document on our network. when the
hyperlink is clicked, Adobe opens for a quick second and closes. we are
running both Adobe 7.0 Pro and Adobe 8.0 reader. this is a major problem.
anyone with ideas or suggestions are encouraged to reply.