You may not be redirected to the correct Web site when you click a hyperlink in Excel, in PowerPoint, or in Word

Consider the following scenario:

• You click a hyperlink in a document in one of the following Microsoft Office programs:
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2007
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
• The hyperlink redirects you to another Web site.

In this scenario, you may not be redirected to the correct Web site. For example, assume that you click http://www.widgets-inc.widgets and that this hyperlink is set for redirection to http://www.widgets.msn.com. However, you are redirected to a Web site other than http://www.widgets.msn.com.

To work around this problem, the document's author should insert a hyperlink that uses a direct link to the Web site instead of a redirected link.

Note If you experience this issue in an Office document, contact the document's author to obtain a direct link to the Web site in question.

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