I have an Excel file here, and I am trying to click the display hyperlink to take me to a specific image in the other sheet, which is the "Definitions" tab. But it is only letting me reference a specific cell in a document. I have genuinely tried looking for a solution on my own but I have not been able to find one. I have a bunch of images in the "Definitions" Tab and I want to hyperlink to a specific image. There is one image for each hyperlink.
You can link to a cell where the picture is located. In this way you come to the right place when clicking the link.
Make a picture setting to move the picture with cells
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I have a column of external hyperlink, the problem is the links don't work because some wrong data remained after a copy&paste.
as you can see here my cell only shows the hyperlink but when I hover it I can see the wrong data being used by excel.
Is there a way to clear these cells from this 'ghost' content and make excel use the cell's value as the hyperlink ?
Also is there a name for all this content being used but not shown ? Knowing this would help my google searches.
Thank you for your help.
I have a worksheet that has 8 hyperlinks placed in different cells that are linked to 8 different worksheets. These links work perfectly whilst the page is unlocked. However, when I try to protect the sheet so only the hyperlinks are active (by leaving the insert hyperlink ticked) then the page is locked and all the hyperlinks are active as it should be. The problem is that the first hyperlink you click goes to the correct page, but if I go back the main worksheet and click on a different hyperlink it goes to the same page as the first time it was used. It doesn't matter which hyperlink I try, they all revert to the first successful connection. If I un-protect the sheet, the hyperlinks then work fine again!! I cannot seem to figure out what is going on. Do I need to use some VBA code to reset the main worksheet every time I go back into it? Or is there some other simple explanation that I cannot seem to find elsewhere online?
I have found out how to get the hyperlinks to work correctly when the page is locked down. If you have created a hyperlink in a cell to any other cell or page, when you protect the sheet the hyperlink stops working correctly (and just goes to the last page you accessed. The hyperlink also works anywhere on the page & not just in the cell where it was originally placed). To get the hyperlink to work correctly once you protect the page requires you to place a hyperlink button over the cell instead (go to insert, photo) once you have created the photo, resize it to fit over the cell you want to act as a hyperlink - you can then edit it to make it 100% transparent so it doesn't show on the page, but it still works. Finally link the hidden picture to your destination point.
This might be a VBA thing, but I honestly don't know.
I have a summary tab that pulls aggregated data from other tabs in the workbook. I'd like the end-user to be able to click on different areas (not necessarily just cells with formulas in them) and Excel jumps to a set location within the workbook, but on a different worksheet. For example, clicking on a client's name on the summary tab might activate the "Billing" tab and jump to where that client's billing begins.
Basically, this is the Excel version of an HTML anchor to jump to another section. I know turning off the "Edit directly in cell" option does this to a certain degree, but this is for the application as a whole, not a setting on an individual workbook. I'd like to have tighter control over the functionality, as opposed to making users mess with their settings.
Is this even possible?
Here's one option - Work with Hyperlinks in Excel:
Create a hyperlink to a specific location in a workbook
To link to a location in the current workbook or another workbook, you can either define a name for the destination cells or use a cell reference.
To use a name, you must name the destination cells in the destination workbook.
On a worksheet of the source workbook, click the cell where you want to create a hyperlink.
You can also select an object, such as a picture or an element in a chart, that you want to use to represent the hyperlink.
You can also right-click the cell or object and then click Hyperlink on the shortcut menu, or you can press Ctrl+K.
Under Link to, do one of the following:
To link to a location in your current workbook, click Place in This Document.
To link to a location in another workbook, click Existing File or Web Page, locate and select the workbook that you want to link to, and then click Bookmark.
Do one of the following:
In the Or select a place in this document box, under Cell Reference, click the worksheet that you want to link to, type the cell
reference in the Type in the cell reference box, and then click OK.
In the list under Defined Names, click the name that represents the cells that you want to link to, and then click OK.
In the Text to display box, type the text that you want to use to represent the hyperlink.
To display helpful information when you rest the pointer on the
hyperlink, click ScreenTip, type the text that you want in the
ScreenTip text box, and then click OK.
In the picture above I have placed the following formula in cell J1:
=HYPERLINK(LEFT(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("[",CELL("filename",A1))-1),LEFT(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("[",CELL("filename",A1))-1))
I originally created the file on my local C: drive and personal download folder. I then created hyper link formulas in I4, and copied down, that build on the path name J1. This worked fine and dandy when I tested it.
PROBLEM
When I move the file to the network drive, the value in cell J1 showed the new new network path. However when I click on the link it would open my personal download folder where I originally created and saved the workbook.
What I have tried
I thought there might be some value saved some where that was not updated when I moved the file since I used explorer to move the file as opposed to saving the open workbook in a new location. To over come that I tried saving the file in its new location with no effect. I also tried save as with no effect either.
What I was trying to achieve
I was trying to achieve an automatic link that would allow the user to click on the drawing link and it would open the associated file independent of how they have mapped or reference the network location. It would also automatically update the path should the folder be moved or renamed.
What went wrong? is there a better way of doing this?
Potential Cause
When using the =HYPERLINK formula, excel also generates a hyperlink as if you added one manually by right clicking on the cell. It then also formats the text with an underline and blue/purple text. This "manually" created hyperlink sits on top of the formula so it gets selected first. It is this "manual" hyperlink that does not update.
Work Around
Select all cells with the issue. Right click to bring up the menu and then select remove hyperlink. This removes excels "Manual" hyperlink, but leaves the cells hyperlink formula which still works and is updated.
I am creating an excel spreadsheet to track sales quota. I would like the spreadsheet to display a picture of fireworks when quota is hit. I don't know that much about macros, but good with formulas but that doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
One way that I know it can be done:
1) Paste the picture of the fireworks in a cell (say A1) in a separate (preferably hidden sheet). Make sure to resize the cell (or the picture) so that the picture completely fits inside cell A1.
2) Define a named formula, maybe named "fireworks", which goes like:
=IF([Your condition for the fireworks to show],INDIRECT("[cell in which firework pic is]"),INDIRECT("[any blank cell"))
like for eg:
=IF(Sheet1!$C$6=TRUE,INDIRECT("Sheet2!$a$1"),INDIRECT("Sheet1!$M$8"))
3) Go to 'Insert' tab, click Object, click bitmap image. If paint or any image editor opens up just close it, so it inserts a blank image/object into the sheet. This image will have "=EMBED("Paint.Picture","")" in the formula bar. Replace this with a reference to our named formula, like =fireworks
4) Resize and reposition this image/object. When the condition is satisfied, the pic should pop up.