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Thomas M.
Excel 2003
I would like to have a shortcut in my IE list of Favorites that opens an
Excel file *in* Excel. I created a shortcut to the Excel .EXE file and then
tried adding the file name (with full path) to the end of that command, and
I've played around with a few other things like changing the Start In value
in the shortcut properties, but thus far I have not been able to make this
work. The best I've been able to do is make Excel open to a blank
worksheet, or to make my worksheet open in IE. But I can't get my worksheet
to open in Excel from an IE Favorite. Can this be done, and if so, how?
FYI, some people might wonder why I want to do this. It's just a
convenience thing. I have a number of Favorites in IE that deal with a
certain subject and all those Favorites are listed in one folder. I also
have some information on that same subject that needs to be stored in an
Excel file. Often times I am in IE when I discover information that needs
to be added to the Excel file. Being able to link to the Excel file from IE
(and have the file actually open in Excel) provides a kind of one-stop
shopping so that I can access any of the data, be it web-based or stored
locally, from one set of links.
--Tom
I would like to have a shortcut in my IE list of Favorites that opens an
Excel file *in* Excel. I created a shortcut to the Excel .EXE file and then
tried adding the file name (with full path) to the end of that command, and
I've played around with a few other things like changing the Start In value
in the shortcut properties, but thus far I have not been able to make this
work. The best I've been able to do is make Excel open to a blank
worksheet, or to make my worksheet open in IE. But I can't get my worksheet
to open in Excel from an IE Favorite. Can this be done, and if so, how?
FYI, some people might wonder why I want to do this. It's just a
convenience thing. I have a number of Favorites in IE that deal with a
certain subject and all those Favorites are listed in one folder. I also
have some information on that same subject that needs to be stored in an
Excel file. Often times I am in IE when I discover information that needs
to be added to the Excel file. Being able to link to the Excel file from IE
(and have the file actually open in Excel) provides a kind of one-stop
shopping so that I can access any of the data, be it web-based or stored
locally, from one set of links.
--Tom