Re: Hyperlinks Not Instant In 2007 ??

Just heard from MS that they were 'playing' with this in the Beta2 timeframe
to try and come up with a more satisfactory conclusion for all, but the next
public release will return H/Ls back to the old instant functionality

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Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
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"Nick Hodge" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Yes, for some users who use a feature regularly, change can be a pain, I
> am staggered how many people are *really* upset about the deprecation of
> the 'scanner and camera wizard'. To me it seems trivial...we're a
> spreadsheet program! But I guess 'you can please some of the people all of
> the time, all of the people some of the time but never.........'
>
> For example I am not sure the large grid is a good idea, but most would
> welcome it... you would think all, but no.
>
> Remember too that it is still a beta and with all the major changes, I
> suspect it will be at beta until the next version (XL13???), a little like
> XL97 and 2000, so keep hoping and lobbying <g>
>
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> www.nickhodge.co.uk
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> "Mhz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Yes Nick, Thanks for the reply... I'm right at 40 years old now and
>> through the years it never seems to get better with certain computer
>> programs when some things go from good to worst... It amazes me that
>> they wouldn't just put a simple choice for the the link selections.. I
>> personally like the Idea of moving on the fly.. Click the link and get
>> where I need to be..
>>
>> I used to use various Music Programs and it never fails that one
>> program always had something the other didn't and vise-versa... Very
>> few Programs seem to have things very fexible for many users.... It
>> just blows my mind that the improvements for 2007 actually will aquire
>> you to now wait and hold a cell for a second or two to follow a
>> link...WOW HOW UNIQUE! no choice at all, at least as I see it
>> now...
>>
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Thanks for the research Nick, As an End User to a degree, I welcome the original functionality of the link feature... More flexible than forcing a one dimensional 'Click and Hold to Follow Link' ....thanks

Mhz

A small update. The 'feature' will behave as in XL2003, that is when you
hover over the hyperlink, you will get the pointing finger and instant
activation or hold to 'select', however it will differ in that in XL2003 if
the cell contained a hyperlink, even if the cell was massively wider than
the hyperlink, the whole cell displayed the pointing finger and instant
activation on click, select on click+hold. The new functionality will allow
you to widen the cell beyond the width of the hyperlink. The hyperlinked
'area' will work as XL2003, but any area outside the actual hypelink in the
cell will be instantly selectable.

Hope that makes sense

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Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
www.nickhodge.co.uk
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> Thanks for the research Nick, As an End User to a degree, I welcome the
> original functionality of the link feature... More flexible than
> forcing a one dimensional 'Click and Hold to Follow Link' ....thanks
>
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I am Happy To Report That The Updated latest version Beta 2, removed the annoying hold and wait hyperlink function... and it is much more stable with the Print and Graphics now... So excell 2007 appears to be off to a much better start now... Just a Note

New here. Glad to be a part of it.
I've had the Beta 2 for about 2 weeks now and really didn’t like the hyperlink delay. I use a spreadsheet as a data base with links to all the various documents related to the job the row is for. Each row (job) has 9 hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are the main function of my worksheet. I am glad they are going back to the instant style although I like the idea of a larger cell that is only ‘half live’. Now my question is how do I get the updated Beta? My satellite internet kicks out with a FAP at about 350MB so I can’t download the B2TR and I can’t find any place to request a mailed CD or DVD. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
D Scott