hyperlinks

[Tom_Knowlton]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Like others, I am trying to remove multiple hyperlinks from a document. The document is made up of thousands of email addresses, most of which were copied and pasted into this email list (document). I have tried selecting blocks and using command-shift-F9 and nothing happens. I am having to right click on the hyperlink, select "edit hyperlink", and select "remove hyperlink". Doing this works.

As suggested in an earlier post, I did create a new document, type some text, and added an email address, which became an active link. Command-shift-F9 did nothing, but I was able to remove as above.

Any help with this matter would be great. I have thousands of email addresses and it will take forever doing one at a time. I am not a Word expert and could really use the help.

Thanks....
Tom

 

[John McGhie]

First go to Tools>AutoCorrect>Autoformat as You Type and turn OFF "Replace
Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" so that Word does not put them
BACK after you get rid of them.

Then File>Save As and save the document as Plain Text (.txt)

Ignore the warnings that you will lose formatting: that's exactly what you
want to do, and save anyway.

Re-open the .TXT version of the file and all the hyperlinks will be gone.

Select just the email address list, copy, and paste it back into the
original document to replace the email address section.

Sorry, they broke this function in Word 2008: hopefully it will be fixed in
Word 2010.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Like
others, I am trying to remove multiple hyperlinks from a document. The
document is made up of thousands of email addresses, most of which were copied
and pasted into this email list (document). I have tried selecting blocks and
using command-shift-F9 and nothing happens. I am having to right click on the
hyperlink, select "edit hyperlink", and select "remove hyperlink". Doing this
works.

As suggested in an earlier post, I did create a new document, type some text,
and added an email address, which became an active link. Command-shift-F9 did
nothing, but I was able to remove as above.

Any help with this matter would be great. I have thousands of email addresses
and it will take forever doing one at a time. I am not a Word expert and
could really use the help.

Thanks....
Tom

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[Stefan]

Am 09.02.10 06:59, schrieb John McGhie:

Then File>Save As and save the document as Plain Text (.txt)

Are you serious? One really must trash the wnole formatting of the
entire document to get rid of multiple Hyperlinks?

 

[CyberTaz]

I don't often take issue with you, John, but Shift+Command+F9 works just
fine here for converting Hyperlinks - one or many makes no difference.

Also, I find it a bit more convenient [when needed for other purposes] to
Select All (or whatever portion), Copy, go to Edit> Paste Special, select
Unformatted Text rather than creating a new document.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Nina Ash]

Hi all,

I discovered the following information on the Tech recipes website which can be adapted for Visual Basic Editor in Microsoft Office for Mac

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1323/remove-all-hyperlinks-in-word-or-excel/

Following this principle I did the following that worked

1. In the document with the hyperlinks press Command (apple) + A to select the whole document

2. Go to Tools Menu> Macro > Macros

3. Select Visual Basic Editor

4. On the left hand side select Project> {Your Document Name} Microsoft Word Objects

5. Click on Insert Menu > Select Module

6. This should bring up the Module text box saying (General) (Code) (Declarations)
I then pressed Command + V to paste the following text:

Sub RemoveHyperlinks()
Dim oField As Field
For Each oField In ActiveDocument.Fields
If oField.Type = wdFieldHyperlink Then
oField.Unlink
End If
Next
Set oField = Nothing
End Sub


7. Save the macro module instruction as something you'll recognize. By the way don't save it over the NORMAL template in Word make sure you are in the Word Objects of your document.

8. Close Visual Basic Editor

9. Return to your Word document and select
Tools> Macro> Macro and your saved remove all hyperlinks macro should now appear. Select Run and away you go

10. Don't forget to save your changes.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Like others, I am trying to remove multiple hyperlinks from a document. The document is made up of thousands of email addresses, most of which were copied and pasted into this email list (document). I have tried selecting blocks and using command-shift-F9 and nothing happens. I am having to right click on the hyperlink, select &quot;edit hyperlink&quot;, and select &quot;remove hyperlink&quot;. Doing this works. <br><br>As suggested in an earlier post, I did create a new document, type some text, and added an email address, which became an active link. Command-shift-F9 did nothing, but I was able to remove as above. <br><br>Any help with this matter would be great. I have thousands of email addresses and it will take forever doing one at a time. I am not a Word expert and could really use the help. <br><br>Thanks.... <br>
Tom

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:59 AM John McGhie wrote:
First go to Tools>AutoCorrect>Autoformat as You Type and turn OFF "Replace
Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" so that Word does not put them
BACK after you get rid of them.

Then File>Save As and save the document as Plain Text (.txt)

Ignore the warnings that you will lose formatting: that is exactly what you
want to do, and save anyway.

Re-open the .TXT version of the file and all the hyperlinks will be gone.

Select just the email address list, copy, and paste it back into the
original document to replace the email address section.

Sorry, they broke this function in Word 2008: hopefully it will be fixed in
Word 2010.

Cheers


On 9/02/10 7:24 AM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,


This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:06 AM CyberTaz wrote:
I do not often take issue with you, John, but Shift+Command+F9 works just
fine here for converting Hyperlinks - one or many makes no difference.

Also, I find it a bit more convenient [when needed for other purposes] to
Select All (or whatever portion), Copy, go to Edit> Paste Special, select
Unformatted Text rather than creating a new document.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 2/9/10 12:59 AM, in article C7971ABC.5289%[email protected], "John McGhie"