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Hyperlinks in Excel

Asked by: erichss

When setting a hyperlink in Excel how can you set it so the link would open in a new window?
When creating the hyperlink in word, there is an option that allows that, but in excel that option is not there.

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2008-01-28 at 04:20:28ID23116028
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Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software

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Answers

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 04:57:26ID: 20758502

what version of excel
excel normally opens an internet explorer window (thats assuming you are creating a hyperlink to a web address)

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 05:22:31ID: 20758615

version 2003.
The requirement is to save the excel file as a html and have the links open a different html in a new window.
I am trying to go a different route, but leadership set the requirement which we much do our best to meet in the meantime.

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 05:29:00ID: 20758656

when you say have the links open a different html in a new window
what do you mean?

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 05:33:27ID: 20758690

when you click the link in the saved html, it opens the link in a new window.

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 06:42:48ID: 20759288

i have tested and it does open in a new window, i cannot replicate your issue

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 07:15:49ID: 20759619

You create an excell file, save it as an html and then open and the links open in a new page?

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 07:20:25ID: 20759665

yes it opens in an internet explorer window,
are you opening from inside excel using file open or clicking on the html document yo have craeted or creating a hyperlink?
the second two open in an internet explorer window the first opens in excel because you are launching as excel from excel

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 09:19:08ID: 20760969

Here is what is going on.
I am opneing excel, creating a hyperlink (the link can be to anysite for the purpose of this solution, but use www.my-family-memories.com just as an example/test) in the work book. Then I save that excel file as an html.
I open that html file, and click on the hyperlink, and it opens in the same window, I need it to open in a new window.
When creating the hyperlink in excel there is not an option to have it open in a new window, like there is when creating a hyperline in word.

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 10:18:33ID: 20761453

now i understand
you can edit the htm document with notepad
find the link <a href="www.my-family-memories.com " target="> and replace with
<a href="www.my-family-memories.com " target="_blank"> or add target="_blank" after the web address

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 10:27:53ID: 20761532

Awesome, now let me ask the hard question. Is there a way to make it so the HTML coding won't have to be edited each time.
It's a floating document. The excell workbook gets updated and then saved at an html file then then out there for visibility.
Is that possible?

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 10:53:52ID: 20761765

i have copied the link to several rows
when the hyperlink gets edited it retains the value so it opens a new window

also if the htm document is edited through excel it will allow you to add hyperlinks and open them in a new window

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 11:31:33ID: 20762071

I just added a new link to the excel file, resaved as html and the new link still opened in same window. The first link opens in a new window still, with the modified html coding (done after the html file was created).

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 11:36:31ID: 20762103

what you need to do is edit the html document with excel and save it  this works.
bin the excel file and use the htm doc as the master and it will work fine

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 11:38:32ID: 20762123

that's how I added the second link was editing the htm with excel. and that second link still opened in same page.

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 11:46:27ID: 20762182

Is there a line of code that can be added at the begining of the htm file that will make all links click open in a new page?

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-28 at 11:51:03ID: 20762219

i have attached my file you need to change the extension to htm
if i edit it by right click edit then add a hyperlink and click save it works
I have to go now 8pm here i will check tomorrow morning for you comments

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-28 at 12:32:00ID: 20762569

Updated info:
I found a way to do what I need. But now need to know one thing.
Is it possile to enter html code into a excel workbook and if that workbook is then saved as an html file, that code would be included in the <head>....</head>  section?

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-29 at 00:07:47ID: 20766098

the code needs to be in the htm doc if you must use a standard excel file to recreate the htm then it will overwrite the code in the htm document, the only solution is to edit the .htm Document in excel rather than editingan excel doc and saving it to htm

 

by: erichssPosted on 2008-01-29 at 16:46:32ID: 20773814

hhhmm ok thanks.
If it can't be added in the excel file before it's saved as the html, then it's not gonna work. Trying to make is so the people who are not all that bright with html coding will not have to take additional steps (for something that is kinda stupid in the first place but leadership just can't see that).

 

by: bradleys40Posted on 2008-01-30 at 00:21:16ID: 20775455

I know management often have ideas that dont fit the solution correctly.
If they edit the htm doc with excel it will work and it will look like excel for the users, when then click save it will save the htm document.

 

by: Computer101Posted on 2008-03-06 at 17:22:20ID: 21066419

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