Scenario:

1) I have 1 excel file (xlsx) that contains hyperlinks to several .docx documents. These links work when running on local PC (not SkyDrive).

2) After uploading all documents to SkyDrive, I open the xlsx from SkyDrive using web app and the hyperlinks don't work (Problem#1).

3) So then I right-click on the xlsx to open this file with MS Excel and the file opens in MSExcel.

4) Then, when clicking on a hyperlink, the expected Word document opened in MSWord and the focus was on the right bookmark. (perfect!)

5) But, successive clicking on other hyperlinks in the xlsx file, the Word document opened in the web browser instead and the focus did not take me to the bookmark. It didn't matter which hyperlink to which different Word document I clicked on, the Word document would open in the web browser and NOT take me to the bookmark. (Problem#2).

6) Then, clicking on the first hyperlink again does not work as originally experienced. Remember in step #4, this hyperlink perfectly opened the Word document in MSWord and took me to the bookmark. Now, this hyperlink also opens the Word document in the web browser with the failed focus on the bookmark. (Problem#3).

 

Problem#1 - I want the hyperlinks from Excel file to Word document to work when opening from SkyDrive and viewing in web app.

Problem#2 and #3 - Because Problem#1 is persistent, I want the hyperlink action to open the Word document in MSWord consistently. It worked on a few hyperlinks originally but now NO hyperlinks works by opening Word document in MSWord. All hyperlinks are opening Word documents in web browser but because the action is failing to take me to the bookmarks, this doesn't work for me.

 

Thanks!

 

Problem#4 - Where the heck do you find the version of SkyDrive? When posting a question, I'm asked to select a version of SkyDrive and from the list provided there are SO many to choose from but it's not clear which one I'm taken to by default when logging in.

 

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