Hyperlink to Internet dictionary lookup

I'm trying to create a hyperlink to an external internet dictionary =
lookup=20
from an Office:mac 2001 Excel spreadsheet. My spreadsheet cell A4 has =
the=20
hyperlink; A5 has the dictionary name; A6 has the word input field and =
A7=20
has the http address of the dictionary, which seems to allow direct =
input.=20
This address has the form:
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=3DX where X represents =

the word I want to input (left blank in my A7).
When I use the hyperlink text =3DHYPERLINK("[A7]A6",A5) in A4 it picks =
up the=20
name of the dictionary in A5 but when I try to activate the link I get =
the=20
srsreen message 'Microsoft Excel cannot open the specified file'.
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

Hi Malcolm,

A4: =HYPERLINK(A5&A6,A6)
A5: http://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=
A6: wired

Your dictionary is not an Excel workbook if that is what the square
brackets were for. I don't understand waht A7 was supposed to
do. The above works. Or perhaps you were looking for something like:

A4: =HYPERLINK("http://www." & A7 & ".com/search.aspx?define=" & A6,A6)
A6: wired
A7: hyperdictionary

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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
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"Malcolm McClure" wrote in message ...
I'm trying to create a hyperlink to an external internet dictionary lookup
from an Office:mac 2001 Excel spreadsheet. My spreadsheet cell A4 has the
hyperlink; A5 has the dictionary name; A6 has the word input field and A7
has the http address of the dictionary, which seems to allow direct input.
This address has the form:
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=X where X represents
the word I want to input (left blank in my A7).
When I use the hyperlink text =HYPERLINK("[A7]A6",A5) in A4 it picks up the
name of the dictionary in A5 but when I try to activate the link I get the
srsreen message 'Microsoft Excel cannot open the specified file'.
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?