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Word Doc link to Excel (on Server)
Good morning, Setting up this post as I was unable to identify any solutions online; I am currently trying to set-up and link a set of tables from excel to the word (printable) version. Up ti...
I am not a specialist, so send you this information as it may be of interest to you.
If not, please ignore :).
Description of link management and storage in Excel
In Microsoft Excel, you can link a cell in a workbook to another workbook using a formula that references the external workbook. When this link is created, it may use a relative path. With a relative link, you can move the workbooks without breaking the link.
I would be happy to know if I could help.
Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)
NikolinoDEThere are no issues Excel to Excel links. The above problems arise when linking Word to Excel tables.
- Isn't the problem the same?
I searched the internet for a long time and found nothing like it. Can't help, unfortunately.
Thank you for your patience and time.
Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)- Whilst in theory the two should work similarly, we have no issues with links between two Excel files (even when they have different paths on the network). The below is a similar query that I found online. Tried the solution, however, to no avail...
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/f5951bd0-8caf-4b6a-af65-d975f681e31e/links-between-word-and-excel-do-not-work-if-source-file-is-not-opened?forum=word
