XL98: Error Inserting Hyperlink in an Embedded Document

ID: Q186045

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

If you click the Select button for the "Named location in file (optional)" box in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, you may receive the following error message:

   Microsoft Excel either could not connect to the file you specified, or
   the file is not a Microsoft Excel workbook. Please verify that:

   - The path or URL and the file name are correct.
   - You can connect to the file from your Web browser.
   - The file is a Microsoft Excel Workbook. If the file is an Office file,
     and you know the location you want, such as a Word bookmark or a
     PowerPoint slide, type the location in the Named Location In File box.
   - If you don't know the location, leave the Named Location In File box
     blank, and your hyperlink will jump to the file.

CAUSE

You receive this error message if all of the following are true:

The workbook in which you are creating the hyperlink is embedded in a Word document.
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You try to find a named location in a Microsoft Excel workbook.
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You are trying to find a named location in the same embedded workbook.

RESOLUTION

You cannot browse to a named location in the active workbook if the workbook is embedded in a Word document. In order to create a hyperlink to a named location in the active embedded workbook, you must manually enter the named location in the "Named location in file (optional)" box.

For example, if you have two worksheets, Sheet1 and Sheet2, in your embedded workbook, and you want to create a hyperlink to a defined name, "myrange" (referring to cell A1 in Sheet2) in cell A1 of Sheet1, do the following:

1. Select cell A1 in Sheet1.

2. On the Insert menu, click Hyperlink.

3. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, type "myrange" (without the

   quotation marks) in the "Named location in file (optional)" box.

4. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

If your workbook is not embedded in a Word document and you click the Select button for the "Named location in file (optional)" box, the Select Excel Workbook dialog box appears. In this dialog box, all the worksheets in the workbook are listed and there is an option button for Defined Name. When you click the Defined Name button, all the defined names in the workbook are displayed in the list below the button. If you click any of the defined names and then click OK, this defined name is entered in the "Named location in file (optional)" box.

REFERENCES

For more information about hyperlinks, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

 hyperlinks, creating and deleting

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Create a hyperlink" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: OFF98 XL98 wd98

Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: May 29, 1998