My office recently upgraded from Office 97 to 2003. Since doing so our
linked Excel Workbooks have been getting a #REF error when opened. I have
now re-established the links between workbooks (19 in all) and we no longer
get the #REF error message. However, I have now unknowingly created a
hierarchy of linked workbooks: Data or source workbook A; then target
workbooks B; then final Total workbook C.

When data is entered into the source workbook A, each target workbook B (17
in all) must be opened in order to update totals in workbook C.

In Excel 97 I would enter data into the source workbook A, then open the
total workbook C, and all workbooks B would update and populate workbook C.

Has anyone experienced this problem? How do eliminate the hierarchy of data
updates in my workbooks?

Please help.
Tracy B.
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Tracy B.