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Copper Contributor

Jul 29, 2019

How to get the link to show the text in referenced cell

So I have an index that links to other sheets. But it will name the link '1'. I am not sure what i need to do, so that the hyperlink simply copies the text in a specific cell, which in this case will...

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mbartolucci

Copper Contributor

Jul 31, 2019

nabilmourad Thanks for the help! Unfortunately I am still having trouble figuring this out... I dont understand what each component of that structure does... Could you please break down each part for me? As I am sure you have noticed, I am not very knowledgeable in Excel.... So from my understanding, my hyperlink should look something like this: '=HYPERLINK("#"'&A2&"'!A1",A2)

what is the # sign for?

Thanks!

nabilmourad

MVP

Jul 31, 2019

mbartolucci

It's obvious you have a problem with the position of the Single quotation and the double quotations.

Also tell me what do you have in Cell A1, Cell A2 and in which cell you write the formula?

You need to follow this pattern.

If I had a file I would do it for you (or look at my tutorial for this part)

Nabil Mourad

mbartolucci
Copper Contributor
Jul 31, 2019
nabilmourad I posted a basic excel file of what I am essentially trying to do. So on my index page Column B is where I want to attach the link (with friendly name) to cell A1 from every page except the index (which contains a room name in that cell).