This is the last part in a series describing how to use the Hyperlink tool in Microsoft Excel (see the bottom of this post for links to the first three parts). In this part, I will be showing you how to create a link to an email address in your spreadsheet.

When would this be useful? A good example where I’ve seen this used is for contact information. If you have a user working on a spreadsheet you created (say an order tracking form), and they have a question or problem, they can click on the email link and a new message window will pop-up (in their default email application) with the To address and Subject pre-populated.

Once again, I’m going to make the assumption that you know how to open the Hyperlink tool dialog (as discussed in Part I of this series). From this dialog, select the E-mail Address option in the Link to: box. The result is shown below:

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This is the third part in a series describing how to use the Hyperlink tool in Microsoft Excel (see the bottom of this post for links to the first two parts). In this part, I will be showing you how to create a new document and put a link to it in your spreadsheets.

Personally, I haven’t used this function of the Hyperlink tool that much. However, that doesn’t mean that you won’t ever have a use for it. For example, if you are creating a spreadsheet where you want the user to be able to create a new document and then save it off, you would use this function.

I’m going to skip how to open the dialog, as that was discussed in the first article. Assuming the dialog is open, select the Create New Document option in the Link to: box. The result is shown below:

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