Link Finder

A specialty add-in product for Microsoft Excel

Do you have these problems:

• Links that need to be identified and deleted in your workbooks?
• Need to modify links in a closed workbook?
• Want to view a list of active links in your workbook?

The Link Finder can solve all of these problems and more!

The Link Finder is an add-in for Microsoft Excel that quickly and easily finds links to other workbooks.  It can even find and modify links in closed workbooks.  Many companies use it when they move Excel users from one server to another. The following is the starting dialog and indicates many of the options available to the user:

 The following picture illustrates the many options you have if you are searching a file for links.

The drop down box allows you to select any linked workbook or to type in all or part of a workbook's name to find related links.  If you have links that you can't find, you can find them with the Link Finder.  You can also delete them either automatically or on a case by case base.

The Link Finder also provides a selection dialog that allows you to quickly go to any link it finds.  The following illustrates this dialog:

The Link Finder also creates reports that list the links in the active workbook and in any closed workbook.

Please note that the license agreement* on the Link Finder is per user who benefits.  If used to modify links in workbooks belonging to other users a license is needed for each such user.  Site licenses are available.  

* Actual license text specific to the Link Finder:  "A license is required for each person who uses or whose workbooks are examined or modified from the use of the Link Finder. For example, licenses are required for every person who a support person using this software for in order to find or fix links in those persons' files. If only a single license is purchased it may only be used to find or fix links in that person's files."