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Reconnect a linked object

When you move or rename a source file, you break the links between that file and any destination files. If you want to continue to update the object or objects in the destination file, you must reestablish the links.

1. On the Edit menu, click Links.
2. In the Links dialog box, in the list of objects, click the linked object you want to reconnect or change.

   To select multiple linked objects, hold down CTRL and click each linked object.

3. Click Change Source.
4. Use the Look in box to navigate to the source file.
5. To reconnect to all the data in the source file, click the name of the source file, and then click Open.
6. To reconnect the linked object to part of the source file only, click Item, and then type the name of the specific content in the source file you want to link to, such as a range of cells in Microsoft Excel or a bookmark name in Microsoft Word.

Note  If you redirect the link to a different file, the new source file must have been created in the same program as the original source file.