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Mac Forum / Applications / Excel / June 2008Maintaining File Links: Moving from PC to Mac
Hello all, This is my first post to this group. I did a search here and across the web for an answer to this question but couldn't find one. I also called Apple Care but the person I talked to didn't have an answer. My issue involves moving from a PC to a Mac and wondering how I can keep the links within my Excel files working when I move the files to the Mac folder/directory structure. I have an iMac running Leopard with a copy of MS Office running under VMWare Fusion which is running Windows XP. For example, on the PC I have a file linking to another file in a completely different directory. Let's say the original file is at: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\FOLDER1\ The file above is linked to the following file in a different directory located here: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\FOLDER2\ What kind of folder structure would I create on the Mac to have the link above continue to work? Thanks in advance for any assistance or pointers on how to go about resolving this issue! Ben Cacace On 6/25/08 9:06 AM, in article 3da0c4b5-bd18-4438-a369-b4be8d53e213@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com, "Ben C." <bcacace@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Ben Cacace I don't think you need to worry about it. Just move the files. When you open them Excel might ask to update the links, just do so and point to the new location.  SignatureBob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom > I don't think you need to worry about it. Just move the files. When you open > them Excel might ask to update the links, just do so and point to the new > location. Thanks but there are too many files to do this with. I'd be spending too much time relinking my files. Is there a way to create a file structure on the Mac that will preserve the links? Thanks again for your help. Ben On 6/25/08 1:27 PM, in article ba1c722e-6acf-4609-9151-efeee25168d9@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com, "Ben C." <bcacace@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't think you need to worry about it. Just move the files. When you open >> them Excel might ask to update the links, just do so and point to the new [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Ben Have you tried it? Name the folder and files the same on the mac as on the PC. SignatureBob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom > On 6/25/08 1:27 PM, in article > Have you tried it? Name the folder and files the same on the mac as on the > PC. Thanks for the suggestion but what would the same folder name look like? \Documents and Settings\UserID\My Documents\ etc. etc. I was hoping someone out there actually moved files from the PC to the Mac with links in them and knew what the process would be. Thanks again for the assistance. Ben On 6/25/08 5:43 PM, in article beedc76a-6a9e-48a6-ac38-e1577c45fa09@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com, "Ben C." <bcacace@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 6/25/08 1:27 PM, in article >> Have you tried it? Name the folder and files the same on the mac as on the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Ben Just put the files in the same named folders with the same names. The full path is not necessary to duplicate. SignatureBob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom Bob, Thanks for the tips. Copying the files to same folders as before worked well. I didn't realize that Windows XP under the virtual machine is where the files get copied. I thought the files got copied to the Mac side and somehow I pointed to these files from Windows XP. Now I know a bit more than I did a week ago. Thanks again. Ben |
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