Excel Hyperlink Function Not Working
I found this solution for 'drop down list with hyperlink' but it did not work. Perhaps a better solution is to use a workaround that relies on the HYPERLINK function to refer to whatever is selected in the drop-down list. For instance, if you have your data validation drop-down list in cell A1, then you might put the following formula in cell B1. This is an Excel spreadsheet that has Hyperlinks to PDF files that are hosted on our main file server, in a share that lets pretty much everyone have full control over it. These Hyperlinks open fine (in Adobe Reader usually) from every desktop I've tested them on, using different users with varying degrees of permissions.
This formula relies on concatenation to assemble a valid location for the HYPERLINK function.In cell D5, the link location argument is created like this:'#'&B5&'!'&C5 // returns...
Working from the inside out, we use a standard INDEX and MATCH function to locate the first match of lookup values in column B:INDEX(data,MATCH(B5,data,0))The MATCH function gets the position of the value in B5...
In Excel, the HYPERLINK function can be used to create links. The basic syntax is:=HYPERLINK('link','link text')The link itself is a text string that represents a valid link. The link text (...
Working from the inside out, we use MATCH to locate the relative position of the last entry in column C:MATCH(9.99E+307,C5:C100)Basically, we are giving match a 'big number' it will never find in approximate match...
Office 365 Excel Hyperlink
The hyperlink function allows you to create a working link with a formula. It takes two arguments: link_location and, optionally, friendly_name.Working from the inside out, VLOOKUP looks up and retrieves a link value...