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Re: (MS) Linking from a point in an XLS file to a spot in a Word doc?
Subject:Re: (MS) Linking from a point in an XLS file to a spot in a Word doc? From:Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:neilson -at- windstream -dot- net Date:Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:20:25 -0500
That's all well and good, but the client is a HUGE company who is NOT
interested in changing how they do things. They just bought a massive
thing from us that we are working out the details of. We'll ad links
to their spreadsheet so they can read our stuff about each item. If we
can become embedded in their process, we may be able to influence it,
but not right now.
Bob
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:00 PM, <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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