Hyperlinks are removed or invalid after you sort cells that contain these hyperlinks in Excel

Symptoms

In Microsoft Excel, if you sort a range of cells in a worksheet that contains hyperlinks, the following problems may occur:

Some of the hyperlinks may be removed. Although the blue, underlined text appears in the cell, nothing happens when you click the link.
Some of the hyperlinks may be changed so that they refer to the wrong addresses.

For example, a hyperlink that previously referred to one Web page may now refer to a different Web page.

This problem may occur if you copy and paste cells that contain hyperlinks, and then sort the cells.

If this problem occurs, manually correct the hyperlinks. To do this, use one of the following methods:

If Excel has removed the hyperlink from the cell, select the cell and click Hyperlink on the Insert menu. Type the correct address in the Address box, and then click OK.

Note If Excel 2007 has removed the hyperlink from the cell, select the cell, and then click Hyperlink in the Links group on the Insert tab. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, type the correct address into the Address box, and then click OK.

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If the hyperlink refers to the wrong address, right-click the cell, and then click Edit Hyperlink. In the Edit Hyperlink dialog box, correct the address in the Address box, and then click OK.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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