Automatically add to link after entry in a column.

Livin404

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  2. 2019
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Greetings, We're adding to a database, and within a Column (H) I would like to be able to type in a word than after hitting entering or tab key it will automatically add the link. I believe all or nearly all will be saved in a PDF format. This is the portion of link that will never change.
Excel Formula:
P:\ File Structure\Shared Documents\(FOUO) Special Handling\(FOUO) Inbound\2.FLIGHT MANIFEST\

The final code for example would be
Excel Formula:
P:\ File Structure\Shared Documents\(FOUO) Special Handling\(FOUO) Inbound\2.FLIGHT MANIFEST\2021\04 APRIL\BAH1C00956.pdf

The
Excel Formula:
2021\04 APRIL\
portion I hope can be coded based the date in Column A. The 04 is not the day but a number to ensure the month folders are kept in order. The only thing that will be unique is the name BAH1C00956. So after typing in the name after the month a link is created after I come up with the name for the file. I would also have to ensure .PDF is inserted right after the last key entry in Column H.

Thank you very much indeed.
 

Excel Facts

Format cells as date
Select range and press Ctrl+Shift+3 to format cells as date. (Shift 3 is the # sign which sort of looks like a small calendar).
Not 100 % sure I understood what you're really asking for but the year & month part of the path is quite easy to achieve with a normal worksheet function:
Excel Formula:
=SUBSTITUTE(TEXT(A2,"YYYY/MM MMMM/"),"/","\")
The TEXT function takes the date from A2 and turns it into something like "2021/04 April/" and the SUBSTITUTE changes the forward slashes into backward slashes.

Once you have your full path you can turn that into a link with the HYPERLINK function.
 
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