Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out
by Helmut Reinke Egbert Jeschke Sara Unverhau, Eckehard Pfeifer, Bodo Fienitz, and Jens Bock
HYPERLINK()
Syntax. HYPERLINK(link_location,friendly_name)
Definition. This function creates a link to a document stored on your hard drive, on a network server, or on a server on an intranet or the Internet.
Arguments
link_location (required). Expects an expression that can be evaluated to a string and specifies the name and path of the document to be opened.
friendly_name (optional). The text displayed in the cell. You can use any expression that can be evaluated to text, a number, a logical value, or an error value. If this argument is omitted, the evaluation of the link_location argument is displayed.
Background. You can use this function to calculate dynamic links, instead of creating static links by pressing Ctrl+K.
Note
If the first argument can ...
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