document links stopped to work

[tnemec]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

since a recent update of Excel document links stopped to work. I still can enter/edit links but trying to open them leads to an error message...

Any workarounds known?

 

[CyberTaz]

I'm afraid you don't give any of the information needed to help you resolve
the issue.

What "recent update" ‹ Specifically?

What kind of links? Hyperlinks? OLE Links? Formula links?...??? What are the
links pointing to? If external to the file, what & where are the targets?

What does the error message state ‹ word for word?

Have you repaired disk permissions since updating? Have you moved/deleted
any files or folders?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[tnemec]

I mean links to files. Excel says that the "selected file cannot be opened" (translated from german localized app).
I checked permissions - did not find errors.
Funny is that this seems to be XLS file specific. If I do a new XLS and link a cell to a file (pdf e.g.) this works. If I use my working file it does not work (but used to work previously - therefore I assumed an update of XLS app to be the problem)...

Rgrd, Thomas

 

[tnemec]

ok found the problem: the URL was wrong...

 

[CyberTaz]

That'll do it

Glad you got it fixed!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[tnemec]

what I though find quite annoing is that all the time selecting a document just puts the last part of the path in and I always have to complete this manually by putting "file://localhost/Users/thomas/Documents/" etc in front...

Rgrds, Thomas