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

[<neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>]

In general when there is a "big spreadsheet" (or worse, a big Access db) the client should be using a genuine db system such as Teradata, Oracle or Sybase, with applications to provide the needed usability.

What happens when someone at the client's office decides to e-mail the pointer to the Word doc to some outside person, and actually e-mails, instead, the entire spreadsheet? That'll be the spreadsheet complete with all the customer and competitor info and everything else that's tucked into it. A proper db system won't allow that kind of action.

IMHO the client needs a db guru in addition to a tech writer. If the client already has a db section in their IT group, those are the people who should be advising what to do. 

--Peter Neilson

---- Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote: 
> 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.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word, or HTML and 
produce desktop, Web, or print deliverables. Just write (or import) 
and Doc-To-Help does the rest. Free trial: http://www.doctohelp.com

Explore CAREER options and paths related to Technical Writing,
learn to create SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS documents, and
get tips on FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION best practices. Free at:
http://www.ModernAnalyst.com

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat