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    How to display a picture in a comment cell without embedding into the sheet/file

    Hi Forum
    I am trying to insert pictures on the comments boxes for a list of items of a catalog Im working on. However, I dont know how to actually just "display" them without embedding. I dont want the size of the excel file grow too large since each picture is approx 50k. Each time I use the Comment format/fill effect/picture what excel does is reads the pic file i grouped them in a separate folder then displays it, then when time to save/close the sheet, it embeds it thus the file size grows too large.
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    Re: How to display a picture in a comment cell without embedding into the sheet/file

    Hi Paulo and welcome to the forum,

    You are correct that when you add a picture to an Excel file it grows fat and fast. Is it possible that you only provide a HyperLink to those pictures that live on the net somewhere. I think this is a much better solution than trying to imbed pictures into the Excel file itself!
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