Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 24, 2025)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
When you have information from other applications linked in your document, you may find it helpful to pull up the source of the link and review the material in that application. Word makes this easy through any of the following methods:
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2018-11-17 14:28:53
Allan
"Click the Office button and then click Prepare (if you are using Word 2007). Click Edit Links to Files, and then select a link in the list of available links. Click on Open Source."
There is no "Edit Links to Files" in Word 2007. See image. (see Figure 1 below)
Figure 1.
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