XL2000: Links to Closed Workbook with Defined Names Update Slowly

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Symptoms

When you choose to update external links to a closed Microsoft Excel workbook, it takes longer than it did in earlier versions of Excel.

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Cause

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:

You open a workbook in Excel.

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You click Yes when prompted to update the links to another workbook.

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The workbook that you are linking to is closed.

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The workbook that you are linking to has defined names on multiple sheets.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

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