Hi D.,
Are you using a Firewall product? If so, does
it have Word set up as allowed to access the Internet?
If not, you'll get that message.
Compare your firewall settings for Excel and Word.
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"dnelson1" wrote in message ...
What is even more confusing is that I opened Excel and placed a hyperlink for
google in a cell and it worked fine
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Let us know if this helped you,
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
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