I cannot remove the 'ctrl and click option for hyperlink - I JUST want to click on the cell and automatically open the hyperlink.

Anonymous
2024-04-14T12:52:10+00:00

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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Anonymous
2024-06-04T14:21:42+00:00

I found that hovering over the link pops up the link. Click it and the tab opens as the active tab.

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Anonymous
2024-06-04T14:14:21+00:00

I Found a work around, select Cell / right click mouse / link options /open link

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-12T03:42:38+00:00

    There is No "CTRL + Click" option in the Excel Options any more. It's simply not there. Did Microsoft remove it? Did the Adobe or some other add in remove it?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T18:08:16+00:00

    "Use CTRL + Click to follow hyperlink." does not appear as one of the choices under File > Options > Advanced > Editing Options in my version of Excel.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T15:51:07+00:00

    The solution originally provided in this thread does not work online with Office 365.

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