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I have a document I share using Excel online via onedrive. I update it in on the desktop app and people access it via a link, and view it on the Web version.
Up until yesterday, a viewer would be able to click a cells with a hyperlink to another sheet in the workbook, and it would automatically take them there. Today, every single cell with a hyperlink requests the viewer to 'ctrl and click' to follow the hyperlink.
I have gone though every single option on my desktop Excel app to try and turn off this 'ctrl and click' functuon but I genuinely cannot find anything relevant or that has worked. I have the latest version of Excel for Mac and I haven't changed any settings.
Please, how do I make hyperlinks work automatically again? Thank you!!
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I found that hovering over the link pops up the link. Click it and the tab opens as the active tab.
I Found a work around, select Cell / right click mouse / link options /open link
Hi deeksha, thanks for reaching out and trying to help us.
as an fyi, when I click file > options I do not get the Advanced option. The only option I see is "regional format settings"
I think your solution only works for the windows version. I am using the onedrive version through my chromebook. Up until last week, everything was working fine. While I can still access the links, it's not instant. It's kind of frustrating. please advise.
I recommend firing the idiot who came up with the ctrl click feature to open a link and can't turn it off.
I started having the same issue this week. I have hundreds of documents in SharePoint and a main index for ease of reference. All of my links contained in Excel now require the user to ctrl + click to open them. I have searched for a solution but have not found one. Hopefully this get's corrected soon as it is a major step back in my opinion.