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LDUNN1 - 24 Oct 2006 10:21 GMT

....anyone cracked this simple one?

I have an Excel spreadsheet which contains a mailto hyperlink in one column,
& in two other columns on the same row I have text that I want to use to form
the mail subject - ie when the hyperlink mailto edit box is displayed, in the
'subject' text box i really want to input a reference to an Excel cell.

Is there any easy way this can be done? I appreciate that I can probably
work around it using VB, but I would have thought a simpler solution may
exist.

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Kevin Vaughn - 24 Oct 2006 16:44 GMT

Experimenting with the insert hyperlink control, I got this:

mailto:kevinv@notmyrealemailaddress.com?subject=This is the subject

Given that the subject is not enclosed in quotes, it does not appear likely
that you would be able to substitute a cell address (I could not think of a
way to do it at least.)

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> ....anyone cracked this simple one?
>
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> work around it using VB, but I would have thought a simpler solution may
> exist.

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LDUNN1 - 25 Oct 2006 14:01 GMT

Thank you for your response Kevin......looks like you are confirming what I
found.....I am surprised that this facility is not in the function - it seems
like an obvious 'want' to me.

Microsoft - if you read this can you please add this functionality!

> Experimenting with the insert hyperlink control, I got this:
>
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> > work around it using VB, but I would have thought a simpler solution may
> > exist.

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