Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026.

There might be times when we need to open multiple links saved in an Excel file. Many users do not know that Excel has a feature to open multiple links at once.

How to Link 2 Excel Spreadsheets. You can establish links across multiple spreadsheets and workbooks in Microsoft Excel to streamline data management.

Q: When I open two Excel files in two instances of Excel and display them on two monitors, I find that I cannot then copy formulas back and forth between the files—only the formula’s calculated value ...