Excel hyperlink to web page location with id or named anchor

Question

In Excel, I can create a hyperlink to a web page. However, if the URL contains a # character, Excel always converts the hash sign to space-hyphen-space so the link no longer wor

Answer 1

I had a coworker with this exact issue (including the %20-%20 error) in Word 2010 instead of Excel.

Solved the following way:

In Internet Explorer:

• Internet Options
• Programs tab
• HTML Editor: ensure this is not blank