Hyperlink to attachments in Forms for Excel Not Working

Mike Thoreson

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  1. 365
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  1. Windows
Hi - I'm using Forms for Excel to collect data on a project, and part of the data includes uploading attachments through the form. This process is working properly, as I've been able to upload attachments, I can see the files in another folder, and I see what looks like hyperlinks in the spreadsheet to those files. However, when I initially hover over the hyperlinks in the spreadsheet they are not active and don't open the files. I have found that if I double click on the cell with the hyperlink it goes into editing mode; then if I click out of the cell and go back to it now the hyperlink is active and it works like it's supposed to. How do I get the hyperlink to work correctly as soon as I click on it the first time around?

For situational awareness, when this project goes live there will be other people reviewing the data and I need them to be able to open the attachments from the spreadsheet without having to search through different folders or go through the double click process described above.
 

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