WD98: Hyperlink Is Lost When Link Dragged from Word to Excel
Article ID: 178325
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
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SYMPTOMS
When you drag a hyperlink from a Word document to a Microsoft Excel
workbook, the hyperlink is lost.
CAUSE
By design, Word uses Rich-Text Format (RTF) when you drag or copy text.
Because Excel does not accept RTF-formatted text, the hyperlink is lost
and you see only the text.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the Copy Hyperlink command to copy the
hyperlink from Word, and then in Excel, use the Paste Hyperlink command. To
do this, follow these steps:
- In Word, right-click the hyperlink.
- On the shortcut menu, point to Hyperlink, and then click Copy Hyperlink.
- In Excel, click the cell where you want to paste the hyperlink.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste Hyperlink.
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