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
    2024-05-31T17:38:54+00:00

    Same problem here, need fix ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-31T15:30:20+00:00

    Have taken any updates in the last few days?

    You only get 10 days to roll back some updates, can't say for sure that's where the problem came from but it was one of the things I considered doing but I was too late.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-31T14:13:24+00:00

    Can someone at Microsoft please explain to me the logic of changing the default setting of something like this? I can't find anywhere to change this back, and these instructions don't work.

    It is really frustrating that Microsoft pushes out updates like this, and now I have to waste hours of time this morning going to every shared excel to figure out how to change it back.

    PLEASE CHANGE THE DEFAULT SETTING BACK TO THE WAY THAT IT WAS

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