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Removing a group of hypertext links or all hypertext links in a document
I am trying to remove hypertext links from a whole column of a Word table.
If I select the column and then try to do it through 'Edit - Links' , the 'Links' option is grayed out. If I right click on the group of links, the 'remove hypertext link' option does not come up. Also, is there any way to remove all hypertext links in an entire Word document if the 'Edit - Links' command is grayed out? Thank you. Terri |
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If you want to remove the Hyperlink completely use the replace function.
Select 'More' and replace Hyperlink style with nothing. (Don't put any text in the find or replace boxes). -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Terri Creagh wrote: I am trying to remove hypertext links from a whole column of a Word table. If I select the column and then try to do it through 'Edit - Links' , the 'Links' option is grayed out. If I right click on the group of links, the 'remove hypertext link' option does not come up. Also, is there any way to remove all hypertext links in an entire Word document if the 'Edit - Links' command is grayed out? Thank you. Terri |
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Hi Terri,
This will work in tables, text, or anywhere else: First, display field codes in place of field results, by pressing Alt+F9. The hyperlinks will all turn into something like { HYPERLINK "http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm"} (Note: if you don't see quotes around the URL, then the newsgroup posting mechanism has reformatted it. You'll see quotes in the field code.) Select the part of the document that you want to remove hyperlinks from. If you want to remove hyperlinks from the entire document, just put the cursor at the beginning. Now open the Edit Replace dialog. Put this in the Find What box: ^19 HYPERLINK The ^19 represents the left bracket of the code. You do need the space between the 9 and the H. Leave the Replace With box empty and click Replace All. If you had some text selected, Word will ask whether to continue searching; click No. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Terri Creagh wrote: I am trying to remove hypertext links from a whole column of a Word table. If I select the column and then try to do it through 'Edit - Links' , the 'Links' option is grayed out. If I right click on the group of links, the 'remove hypertext link' option does not come up. Also, is there any way to remove all hypertext links in an entire Word document if the 'Edit - Links' command is grayed out? Thank you. Terri |
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Thanks for your answer. I tried that, and it gets rid of the text as well
as the URL to which the text is linked. I think I was probably not clear in how I explained the problem. What I want to do is break the link. I do not want to remove the text that is linked. In other words, when the cursor is put on a company name that I have in my document, clicking on that name will go to a specific URL that is linked to that company name. I do not want to delete the company name, but I do want to break the link. I hope that is a little clearer explanation. Can this be done? Thank you. Terri "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Terri, This will work in tables, text, or anywhere else: First, display field codes in place of field results, by pressing Alt+F9. The hyperlinks will all turn into something like { HYPERLINK "http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm"} (Note: if you don't see quotes around the URL, then the newsgroup posting mechanism has reformatted it. You'll see quotes in the field code.) Select the part of the document that you want to remove hyperlinks from. If you want to remove hyperlinks from the entire document, just put the cursor at the beginning. Now open the Edit Replace dialog. Put this in the Find What box: ^19 HYPERLINK The ^19 represents the left bracket of the code. You do need the space between the 9 and the H. Leave the Replace With box empty and click Replace All. If you had some text selected, Word will ask whether to continue searching; click No. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Terri Creagh wrote: I am trying to remove hypertext links from a whole column of a Word table. If I select the column and then try to do it through 'Edit - Links' , the 'Links' option is grayed out. If I right click on the group of links, the 'remove hypertext link' option does not come up. Also, is there any way to remove all hypertext links in an entire Word document if the 'Edit - Links' command is grayed out? Thank you. Terri |
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Hi Terri,
OK, that does make a difference. Here are two alternatives: - If the hyperlinks are the *only* fields in the document body (remember that fields include dates, times, page numbers other than ones in headers/footers, and other things), or if there are other fields but you don't mind converting them to plain text so they'll never update again, you can select all (Ctrl+A) and unlink fields (Ctrl+Shift+F9). - If there are other fields and you need to be selective about changing only the hyperlinks, use this small macro: Sub UnlinkHyperlinks() Dim nHL As Long For nHL = 1 To ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks.Count ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks(1).Delete Next nHL End Sub If you need instructions to use the macro, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:05:35 GMT, "Terri" wrote: Thanks for your answer. I tried that, and it gets rid of the text as well as the URL to which the text is linked. I think I was probably not clear in how I explained the problem. What I want to do is break the link. I do not want to remove the text that is linked. In other words, when the cursor is put on a company name that I have in my document, clicking on that name will go to a specific URL that is linked to that company name. I do not want to delete the company name, but I do want to break the link. I hope that is a little clearer explanation. Can this be done? Thank you. Terri "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Terri, This will work in tables, text, or anywhere else: First, display field codes in place of field results, by pressing Alt+F9. The hyperlinks will all turn into something like { HYPERLINK "http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm"} (Note: if you don't see quotes around the URL, then the newsgroup posting mechanism has reformatted it. You'll see quotes in the field code.) Select the part of the document that you want to remove hyperlinks from. If you want to remove hyperlinks from the entire document, just put the cursor at the beginning. Now open the Edit Replace dialog. Put this in the Find What box: ^19 HYPERLINK The ^19 represents the left bracket of the code. You do need the space between the 9 and the H. Leave the Replace With box empty and click Replace All. If you had some text selected, Word will ask whether to continue searching; click No. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Terri Creagh wrote: I am trying to remove hypertext links from a whole column of a Word table. If I select the column and then try to do it through 'Edit - Links' , the 'Links' option is grayed out. If I right click on the group of links, the 'remove hypertext link' option does not come up. Also, is there any way to remove all hypertext links in an entire Word document if the 'Edit - Links' command is grayed out? Thank you. Terri |
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Thank you so much, Jay. That works beautifully!
Terri "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Terri, OK, that does make a difference. Here are two alternatives: - If the hyperlinks are the *only* fields in the document body (remember that fields include dates, times, page numbers other than ones in headers/footers, and other things), or if there are other fields but you don't mind converting them to plain text so they'll never update again, you can select all (Ctrl+A) and unlink fields (Ctrl+Shift+F9). - If there are other fields and you need to be selective about changing only the hyperlinks, use this small macro: Sub UnlinkHyperlinks() Dim nHL As Long For nHL = 1 To ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks.Count ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks(1).Delete Next nHL End Sub If you need instructions to use the macro, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:05:35 GMT, "Terri" wrote: Thanks for your answer. I tried that, and it gets rid of the text as well as the URL to which the text is linked. I think I was probably not clear in how I explained the problem. What I want to do is break the link. I do not want to remove the text that is linked. In other words, when the cursor is put on a company name that I have in my document, clicking on that name will go to a specific URL that is linked to that company name. I do not want to delete the company name, but I do want to break the link. I hope that is a little clearer explanation. Can this be done? Thank you. Terri "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Terri, This will work in tables, text, or anywhere else: First, display field codes in place of field results, by pressing Alt+F9. The hyperlinks will all turn into something like { HYPERLINK "http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm"} (Note: if you don't see quotes around the URL, then the newsgroup posting mechanism has reformatted it. You'll see quotes in the field code.) Select the part of the document that you want to remove hyperlinks from. If you want to remove hyperlinks from the entire document, just put the cursor at the beginning. Now open the Edit Replace dialog. Put this in the Find What box: ^19 HYPERLINK The ^19 represents the left bracket of the code. You do need the space between the 9 and the H. Leave the Replace With box empty and click Replace All. If you had some text selected, Word will ask whether to continue searching; click No. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Terri Creagh wrote: I am trying to remove hypertext links from a whole column of a Word table. If I select the column and then try to do it through 'Edit - Links' , the 'Links' option is grayed out. If I right click on the group of links, the 'remove hypertext link' option does not come up. Also, is there any way to remove all hypertext links in an entire Word document if the 'Edit - Links' command is grayed out? Thank you. Terri |
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