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Files with Links
Hi, I have a file which contains links to other workbooks. When I open it, I get the message, "Do you wish to update links?" My answer will always be "no". Is there any way of stopping the message form appearing? (apart from opening the file by a macro in a different file and setting updatelinks: = 0) Thanks for any help free -- freekrill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ freekrill's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7561 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=390824 |
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Open the file with the links, click on Edit, Links, in the Links dialogue box that appears you will see details of the file that your workbook is linked to, under source you will see the name of the file, make a note of the file name and click on close to remove the dialogue box Now click on Edit, Find, the Find dialogue box will appear, in Find what type the file name you made a note of and click on the find next button this will take you to the links in your spreadsheet You can then get rid of the links by overtyping them -- Paul Sheppard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Sheppard's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24783 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=390824 |
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Another way (if using later versions of Excel) is to open the Edit Link
feature and choose which links you want to break. Be careful as there is no going back from this. Can see how to do it on http://www.auditexcel.co.za/othertools.html under External Links "freekrill" wrote: Hi, I have a file which contains links to other workbooks. When I open it, I get the message, "Do you wish to update links?" My answer will always be "no". Is there any way of stopping the message form appearing? (apart from opening the file by a macro in a different file and setting updatelinks: = 0) Thanks for any help free -- freekrill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ freekrill's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7561 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=390824 |
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Thanks Paul and Adrian, Unfortunately, I now know that I didn't make clear what I want to do. I want to keep the links, but I don't want to update the links unless the source documents are open. So if I open my document with links (and no other docs are open) , I get that message box, "Do you wish to update links?". In this situation I will always say no, although I will want to update the links later. Can I stop that message box from appearing? Thanks again for any advice Best wishes free -- freekrill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ freekrill's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7561 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=390824 |
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