Excel hyperlink to web page location with id or named anchor

Question

In Excel, I can create a hyperlink to a web page. However, if the URL contains a # character, Excel always converts the hash sign to space-hyphen-space so the link no longer wor

Answer 1

If the problem concerns links to the Share Point Server portals you can cut part of the hyperlink (in my case bolded part: Beginning_of_the_address /_layouts/15/start.aspx# /End_of_address).

For me works fine (MSO 16 + SPS 2k16).