Linked Cells Display #REF! Error with Dependent Workbook (117721)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q117721

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, opening a dependent document linked to a source document may return #REF! error values. When a source document is opened before the dependent document and the source file has been renamed, all cell links will return a #REF! error value.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

This is not the same functionality as in the earlier versions of Microsoft Excel; in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, a Change Links dialog box is displayed regardless of which document is opened first. Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and later view worksheets as documents within a workbook and does not display an alert message when a worksheet is not found.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/15/2003
Keywords:KB117721
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