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Default Edit Link Option Grayed out

I copied some cells from Excel and Pasted Hyperlink into Word. I want the
Word document to automatically update when the Excel source document is
changed (while it is open).

When I go back to Word and try to do Edit Links, the "Links" option is
grayed out. So the Word document doesn't update when Excel is updated. I
would appreciate any help.


Note: I'm using Windows XP with Word and Excel 2003
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Default Edit Link Option Grayed out

If you want the Excel range to update in Word as it is being changed in
Excel, you can't use the hyperlink option. Instead, do the following after
you've copied the range: In Word, click Edit, and then click Paste Special.
In the dialog box, choose the "Paste link" option, and then choose for
example "Formatted text (RTF)" (which means table formatting). When you are
done, click OK.

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"Cary_Rob" wrote:

I copied some cells from Excel and Pasted Hyperlink into Word. I want the
Word document to automatically update when the Excel source document is
changed (while it is open).

When I go back to Word and try to do Edit Links, the "Links" option is
grayed out. So the Word document doesn't update when Excel is updated. I
would appreciate any help.


Note: I'm using Windows XP with Word and Excel 2003

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