RE: (MS) Linking from a point in an XLS file to a spot in a Word doc?

Subject: RE: (MS) Linking from a point in an XLS file to a spot in a Word doc?
From: John Bruin <John -dot- Bruin -at- nec -dot- co -dot- nz>
To: 'Emoto' <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:22:26 +1300

A macro in the linked word document which runs on open (ThisDocument,
Document_Open) would do it.

John

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> Hi folks,
>
> A client has a big spreadsheet with macros in it. One of our
> business people wants to make it so that when you click on
> some spot in the spreadsheet, you are taken to a specific
> spot in a Word doc. If this were all in Word, he would have
> it all in one file and use "cross-references".
>
> I told him I wasn't sure if ti could be done, but that I
> would take a look. So far, I have found that I can link to a
> whole doc and get it to open, but not a specific spot in that
> doc. I tried embedding the XLS and then going into it to make
> a link and found no way to link to the Word doc in which it
> was embedded.
>
> Anyone have a solution to this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
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