Just heard from MS that they were 'playing' with this in the Beta2 timeframe
to try and come up with a more satisfactory conclusion for all, but the next
public release will return H/Ls back to the old instant functionality

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Yes, for some users who use a feature regularly, change can be a pain, I
am staggered how many people are *really* upset about the deprecation of
the 'scanner and camera wizard'. To me it seems trivial...we're a
spreadsheet program! But I guess 'you can please some of the people all of
the time, all of the people some of the time but never.........'

For example I am not sure the large grid is a good idea, but most would
welcome it... you would think all, but no.

Remember too that it is still a beta and with all the major changes, I
suspect it will be at beta until the next version (XL13???), a little like
XL97 and 2000, so keep hoping and lobbying <g

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Yes Nick, Thanks for the reply... I'm right at 40 years old now and
through the years it never seems to get better with certain computer
programs when some things go from good to worst... It amazes me that
they wouldn't just put a simple choice for the the link selections.. I
personally like the Idea of moving on the fly.. Click the link and get
where I need to be..

I used to use various Music Programs and it never fails that one
program always had something the other didn't and vise-versa... Very
few Programs seem to have things very fexible for many users.... It
just blows my mind that the improvements for 2007 actually will aquire
you to now wait and hold a cell for a second or two to follow a
link...WOW HOW UNIQUE! no choice at all, at least as I see it
now...


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Thanks for the research Nick, As an End User to a degree, I welcome the
original functionality of the link feature... More flexible than
forcing a one dimensional 'Click and Hold to Follow Link' ....thanks :)


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A small update. The 'feature' will behave as in XL2003, that is when you
hover over the hyperlink, you will get the pointing finger and instant
activation or hold to 'select', however it will differ in that in XL2003 if
the cell contained a hyperlink, even if the cell was massively wider than
the hyperlink, the whole cell displayed the pointing finger and instant
activation on click, select on click+hold. The new functionality will allow
you to widen the cell beyond the width of the hyperlink. The hyperlinked
'area' will work as XL2003, but any area outside the actual hypelink in the
cell will be instantly selectable.

Hope that makes sense

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Thanks for the research Nick, As an End User to a degree, I welcome the
original functionality of the link feature... More flexible than
forcing a one dimensional 'Click and Hold to Follow Link' ....thanks :)


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