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Make linked cells visible in a view's table

Make linked cells visible in a view's table

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Make linked cells visible in a view's table

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- [Bonnie] Hi, Bonnie Biafore here with another Project tip. If you link a cell to data in another Project cell or a value in an external file, you probably want to know which cells contain links. Here's how to display OLE link indicators. Now first of all, let's take a look at the cost estimate cell for the Project summary task. I happen to know that this is a linked cell. But if you look at that cell, it looks just like all of the other cells, so there's really no way to tell that that's linked to anything. If you want to see an indicator, head to the file tab and choose options. You want to go to the advanced category, and then scroll down until you see the display section. In the middle of that section, there's a checkbox, show OLE links indicators. You want to make sure that that's turned on and then you click OK. Now let's look at the cost estimate cell for this Project summary task. It's subtle, but there…

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