RE: (MS) Linking from a point in an XLS file to a spot in a Word doc?

[John Bruin <John -dot- Bruin -at- nec -dot- co -dot- nz>]

A macro in the linked word document which runs on open (ThisDocument,
Document_Open) would do it.

John 

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> in a Word doc?
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> Hi folks,
> 
> A client has a big spreadsheet with macros in it. One of our 
> business people wants to make it so that when you click on 
> some spot in the spreadsheet, you are taken to a specific 
> spot in a Word doc. If this were all in Word, he would have 
> it all in one file and use "cross-references".
> 
> I told him I wasn't sure if ti could be done, but that I 
> would take a look. So far, I have found that I can link to a 
> whole doc and get it to open, but not a specific spot in that 
> doc. I tried embedding the XLS and then going into it to make 
> a link and found no way to link to the Word doc in which it 
> was embedded.
> 
> Anyone have a solution to this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob
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