Hi ?B?TWFydkluQm9pc2U=?=,

I checked the box under Tools/Options/General but I still get "read only"
prompt on Excel file and then a fail on DDE connection in Word???

Have you tried making sure the file isn't open at all in Excel when you try
to link to the workbook?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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