You can also open a new document by double-clicking the Excel icon and clicking Blank Workbook.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

This option is not available on some versions of Excel. You’ll need to create the new document before making the hyperlink, then use the Existing File or Web Page option.

You can also select the “Edit the new document later” option before clicking OK to create the spreadsheet and the link without opening the spreadsheet. If something goes wrong with the hyperlink, see our guide for fixing a hyperlink in Excel.

You can also open a new document by double-clicking the Excel icon and then clicking Blank Workbook. Hyperlinks are a great way to organize and connect information across multiple Excel documents. You can also easily create hyperlinks in PowerPoint if you have a presentation coming up.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

If you don’t do this, your hyperlink’s text will just be the folder path to the linked item.

Current Folder - Search for files in your Documents or Desktop folder. Browsed Pages - Search through recently viewed web pages. Recent Files - Search through recently opened Excel files. Type in the location and name of a web page or file into the “Address” field. For example, this could be a URL to a website. Click the Browse the Web button (a globe behind a magnifying glass). Go to the web page you’re linking to, then go back to Excel. Don’t close your browser!

Note that if you move the item to which you linked, the hyperlink will no longer work.

You can also open a new document by double-clicking the Excel icon and then clicking Blank Workbook.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

Under “Type the cell reference,” type in the cell you want to link to. Alternatively, under “Or select a place in this document,” click a sheet name or defined name.

If you don’t do this, your hyperlink’s text will just be the linked cell’s name.

For general Excel tips, see our intro guide to Excel.

You can also open a new document by double-clicking the Excel icon and then clicking Blank Workbook.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

If you’re on a Mac, note that there’s an Excel Insert tab and an Insert menu item in your Mac’s menu bar. Select the Excel Insert tab.

If you don’t change the hyperlink’s text, the email address will display as itself.

You can also add a prewritten subject to the “Subject” field, which will cause the hyperlinked email to open a new email message with the subject already filled in.

Clicking this email link will automatically open an installed email program with a new email to the specified address.

You can also open a new document by double-clicking the Excel icon and then clicking Blank Workbook.

HYPERLINK(link_location,friendly_name) link_location is where you type in the path to the file and the file name. friendly_name is the text shown for the hyperlink in your Excel spreadsheet. This parameter is optional.

In the parenthesis of the HYPERLINK function, type the file path and file name for the document you want to link to. Add a comma (,). Type the name you want to appear for the hyperlink.

You can also open a new document by double-clicking the Excel icon and then clicking Blank Workbook.

Go to the Home tab. Click Copy in the “Clipboard” section. This button has an icon of two pieces of paper.

To see the external reference location, select the cell with the external reference. Then, check the Formula Bar for the location.