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When you move or rename a source file (source file: The file that contains information that was used to create a linked or embedded object. When you update the information in the source file, you can also update the linked object in the destination file.), you break the links between that file and any destination files. If you want to continue to update the object or objects in the destination file (destination file: The file that a linked or embedded object is inserted into. The source file contains the information that is used to create the object. When you change information in a destination file, the information is not updated in the source file.), you must reestablish the links.

1. On the Edit menu, click Links.
2. In the Links dialog box, in the list of objects, click the linked object (linked object: An object that is created in a source file and inserted into a destination file, while maintaining a connection between the two files. The linked object in the destination file can be updated when the source file is updated.) you want to reconnect or change.

   To select multiple linked objects, hold down CTRL and click each linked object.

3. Click Change Source.
4. Use the Look in box to navigate to the source file.
5. To reconnect to all the data in the source file, click the name of the source file, and then click Open.
6. To reconnect the linked object to part of the source file only, click Item, and then type the name of the specific content in the source file you want to link to, such as a range of cells (cell: A box formed by the intersection of a row and column in a worksheet or a table, in which you enter information.) in Microsoft Excel or a bookmark (bookmark: A location or selection of text in a file that you name for reference purposes. Bookmarks identify a location within your file that you can later refer or link to.) name in Microsoft Word.

Note  If you redirect the link to a different file, the new source file must have been created in the same program as the original source file.