Thanks for the reply. I replaced both the path and the file name. I even went so far as to paste in a new linked Excel object and then re-type over my non-working object to EXACTLY replicate the linked text. The two strings are exactly the same (I have one immediately above the other), but the old one is still not an active link (it remains an object). I know this since when I right click on the link (whether in visual display or in text display (meaning either toggle of Alt-F9) ), there is no option for Update Link. There is only a choice for Object. When I click on Object, I get the error message about corruption.

No matter how I come at this, I cannot get this link to be active again. I've googled this to death. There seems to be some concern that this could be an Norton AV problem, but Norton is not on either machine. Plus, I hate when people blame AV interference - it's too easy and convenient.

There must be a solution to this. I wonder if VBA can help. I wound up manually re-pasting these links into the Word doc using only the destination computer, but I am VERY concerned that this problem will resurface in the future. I'd appreciate any help that anyone can offer.

Thanks again for the reply!