Have your users ever opened an Excel™ file only to find missing data, graphs, account numbers or missing figures? Unfortunately, these are symptoms of broken links, a common issue that chews up everyone’s time and triggers complaints to the IT department. But do you know the modern — and, more importantly — fast way to find and fix broken links in Excel?
Stop Fixing Links and, Instead, Do the Modern Thing …
What’s the modern thing? It’s having your links automatically handled in the first place.
Don’t let the links in your Excel files cause:
Lost or missing data
Downtime
Wasted hours spent manually trying to find and fix broken links
You want the only software in the world that handles it all: LinkFixer Advanced™.
No credit card required
Common Causes of Broken Links
By now, you probably know that broken links cause missing data. But what causes the broken links?
Data migrations
File system changes
Users moving or renaming files
All of these can lead to data loss in thousands of spreadsheets — such as missing financial information or customer data — raising concerns about data integrity, downtime and lost productivity.
Massive Time-Savings
Although data migration and restructuring are necessary evils for upgrading systems or moving to the cloud, they frequently cause link breakage. And nobody’s ever going to stop the users from doing what they (inadvertently) do.
The good news? LinkFixer Advanced can protect or repair thousands (or millions) of broken links automatically — including links in Excel spreadsheets — saving you from untold hours spent grinding away, trying to fix it all manually.
No credit card required
Advanced Link Protection & Repair Options
When should you use LinkFixer Advanced? You have three opportunities to address your links:
Before Migration: Use the “Inoculate” tool to protect links from breakage during your migration or file-system reorg project. After migration, run the “Cure” function to instantly repair any broken links. Done.
After Migration: If, as you read this, you have completed your project and links are already broken, the “Modify Links” tool serves as disaster recovery, instantly restoring missing data for uninterrupted access.
Move Data Safely: The third way you can use LinkFixer Advanced is to use it to make your folder system changes for you. With the “Move/Rename” tool, you can quickly move and rename batches of files, with LinkFixer Advanced automatically handling all the links so that they don’t break in
the process.
Comprehensive Link Control in Excel
LinkFixer Advanced allows you to protect or modify just about any type of link — including relative file links, absolute file links, UNC links, internal hyperlinks, external hyperlinks (modify only), paste-special links and object links, to name a few — automatically, thousands at a time, and it additionally offers:
Fast processing speeds
The ability to process Excel links contained within protected cells and spreadsheets
The ability to edit links and bypass problematic user-defined macros that could otherwise hinder processing speed
User-Proof Your Excel Files
We’ve previously mentioned the users and we’d like to explain why. The truth is that users are users. They have their own way of doing things — often differently than most IT staffers would. Ask yourself:
Who else randomly moves files around?
Who else casually renames files without letting anyone know?
Who else arbitrarily decides it’s time to “tidy up” their files?
In other words, your users break links all over the place without even realizing it. And then they complain to you when some linked data is missing from one or more of their files. But there’s a little trick you can employ to prevent this from happening.
Run LinkFixer Advanced as part of your regular maintenance. Any links that the users have accidentally broken will be automatically repaired and the missing data instantly restored. LinkFixer Advanced may actually act as a convenient buffer between the IT department and complaining end-users. Let’s just call it a collateral benefit. You’re welcome.
Laser-Accurate Link Reports, 007-Style
Want the kind of power that M wields in the James Bond movies? This is your chance. Go ahead and send 007 on a mission: to report on the links that lie, buried and hidden, in your data. LinkFixer Advanced’s detailed reports provide laser-sharp insight into all the links in your files, which means there are no unwanted surprises. And that helps to prevent data loss. All in a day’s work for 007.
Move It, But Don’t Lose It
One way you can use LinkFixer Advanced would be to use it to do your migration or folder system changes for you. With the Move/Rename tool, you can quickly move and rename batches of files, with LinkFixer Advanced automatically handling all the links so that they don't break in the process.
Stressbuster for a Foolproof Move
Guess who won’t have to worry about any broken links related to your Excel files (or almost any other files too, for that matter)? Yup, you. And you can move and/or rename thousands of files and folders at the same time without breaking a
single link.
Options That Work for You
But what if you have to use a certain application for your data migration?
Even if you don’t use LinkFixer Advanced to do the actual migration, it can still fix broken links for you — or prevent them from breaking in the first place.
Advanced Automatic Link Protection and Repair
If you prefer to use your own migration tool, LinkFixer Advanced can still take care of all your links for you, with two possible options — depending on your situation.
Before Data Migration
If you’ve not yet started your data migration, then the Inoculate & Cure option is absolutely, 100% the smartest choice you can make, since preventing link breakage saves you a ton of time and guards against data loss. “Inoculate” means to prepare and protect. This feature sets up your files and links so they can be automatically restored after your migration.
A Pound of Prevention Is the Cure
Once your migration is complete, you simply run the Cure function to have LinkFixer Advanced automatically repair any links that were broken during the migration. Imagine completing a data migration with zero missing data due to broken links!
Remember those spreadsheet scenarios we mentioned in the first paragraph above? Imagine none of that ever happening again. Imagine no downtime, no complaining end-users and no unhappy bosses.
After Data Migration
If you didn’t know about LinkFixer Advanced ahead of time, and you now have thousands or millions of broken links, don’t sweat it. We’ve got you covered.
Crime Scene Clean-Up
In this situation, you’d use the Modify Links feature as your “disaster recovery mode.” Leave it to LinkFixer Advanced to find and fix your broken links, instantly restoring any missing data. That means fully functioning and available Excel spreadsheets. It also means no link-related downtime, no end-users complaining that they can’t access their data, and possibly even a boss willing to admit that you saved the day.
LinkFixer Advanced Offers You the Tools to Prevent (or Find & Fix) Broken Excel Links
LinkFixer Advanced offers multiple options to manage links in Microsoft Excel as well as numerous other file types. For more details or to discuss your specific situation with a LinkTek Consultant, call us today at 727-442-1822.
To discover how to make your life simpler, click here for video demonstrations or request a free trial at LinkFixer Advanced.
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