Insert a link to a cell in other worksheet in Excel Office 365

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I have to worksheet A and B.

In A I have a Calendar sheet and I want to show in this sheet one date which is in other worksheet.

 

I know how to do this in Desktop Excel bat I don't in Office 365 because de name of the file doesn't work.

 

Could anybody help me.

 

Thanks in advance

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Too bad even after 4 years no answer ...

@blueice_haller 

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Here is a small solution proposal:

To insert a link to a cell in another worksheet in Excel Office 365, you can use the "Insert Hyperlink" feature. Here is how you can do it:

  1. Open the worksheet where you want to insert the link (Worksheet A, in your case).
  2. Select the cell where you want the link to appear.
  3. Go to the "Insert" tab in the Excel ribbon.
  4. Click on the "Link" button (it might be labeled as "Hyperlink" or "Link to").
  5. In the "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box that appears, select "Place in This Document" from the left-hand side.
  6. You will see a list of available worksheets in the current workbook. Select the worksheet (Worksheet B) where the date is located.
  7. Choose the cell with the date you want to link to in Worksheet B.
  8. Click "OK" to insert the hyperlink.
  9. The selected cell in Worksheet A will now have a hyperlink to the cell with the date in Worksheet B.

Please note that if the name of the workbook file is causing issues, make sure that both worksheets are in the same workbook. Also, ensure that you have saved the workbook before inserting hyperlinks, as sometimes Excel might not be able to resolve cell references in unsaved workbooks.

Remember that when you click on the link in Worksheet A, it will take you directly to the linked cell in Worksheet B where the date is located. If the cell content changes in Worksheet B, it will reflect in Worksheet A as well. The text and steps were created with the help of AI.

 

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Hope this will help you.

Thank you, I will try out to what you have proposed.

Currently I'm using the following, to link to another document, which only works in Desktop App:

 

 

=HYPERLINK("[Workbook.xlsx]'Sheet'!A1", "Workbook.xlsx, Sheet, A1")
=HYPERLINK("[C:\Users\Public\Documents\Workbook.xlsx]'Sheet'!A1", "Workbook.xlsx, Sheet, A1")

 

 

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[ OK ] [ Open in Desktop App ]

 

@JIPeOn 

In Excel for web you may open both files. Ctrl+C the cell with date in one file

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Stay on target cell in another file, Ctrl+V, expand Ctrl menu drop-down and click on Paste Links

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Apply proper format. Link will be like

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You may use HYPERLINK() as well if you use proper link on the file, like

=HYPERLINK("'https://tenant-my.sharepoint.com/personal/name/Documents/[Book8.xlsx]Sheet1'!$A$1", "MyDate" )

If open in desktop app, link could be taken in File->Info->Copy path. The only remove ?web=1 at the end of it.

Not sure if above work on all subscriptions, but you may try.