Remove ALL Hyperlinks?

[MC]

Is it possible toremove ALL hyperlinks in a document in a single step?

So far, all I've been able to find is a way to do them one by one.

Seems to me it would be a useful command if it isn't there.

 

[Michel Bintener]

Depends on which version of Word you are using. If it's any version of
Word prior to Word 2008, you can use the following macro, courtesy of
John McGhie:

Sub Main()
' Removes hyperlinks from document
' Macro written 1 Aug 2001 by John McGhie
For i = ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks.Count To 1 Step -1
ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks(i).Delete
Next i

End Sub

If you don't know how to create a macro, see the following page:
<http://word.mvps.org/Mac/InstallMacro.html>

In Word 2008, this method does not work any longer since VBA support has
been removed (which is required to run macros). There might be a way to
remove all these hyperlinks via AppleScript, but the AppleScript that's
available for Word 2004 has a number of technical limitations which
prevent it from removing ALL the hyperlinks. Should you want to have a
look at it nonetheless, let me know.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

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[CyberTaz]

When you say "remove" do you actually mean excise them from the doc
altogether or simply render them sterile but retained as plain text?

If the latter - and there are no other fields/links in the doc you wish to
continue updating - you can Select All (Command+A), then Shift+Command+F9 to
unlink the fields. If there are some fields you want to keep active it's a
bit more complex, but I believe I've seen a macro which might help if you're
working with a version of Word prior to 2008.

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

 

[Norman R. Nager, Ph.D.]

I just tried this and, for some reason, it didn't work with my Word 2008. I
then looked in Word/Help/Hyperlink and found (and copied to Notes) how to
create, edit and remove hyperlinks. That works fine for me.

Incidentally, I then looked under Excel/Help/Hyperlink and found how to
create, edit and remove hyperlinks in Excel 2008.

Respectfully, Norm

 

[MC]

When you say "remove" do you actually mean excise them from the doc
altogether or simply render them sterile but retained as plain text?

The latter.

If the latter - and there are no other fields/links in the doc you wish to
continue updating - you can Select All (Command+A), then Shift+Command+F9 to
unlink the fields. If there are some fields you want to keep active it's a
bit more complex, but I believe I've seen a macro which might help if you're
working with a version of Word prior to 2008.

Many thanks!

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Norman:

Late at night, was it? You need to read very carefully: he said
"Versions of Word PRIOR to Word 2008".

Word 2008 has no VBA interpreter: nothing in VBA is going to work, ever.

Eventually, someone will recode that as an AppleScript, but nobody has yet


Cheers

I just tried this and, for some reason, it didn't work with my Word 2008. I
then looked in Word/Help/Hyperlink and found (and copied to Notes) how to
create, edit and remove hyperlinks. That works fine for me.

Incidentally, I then looked under Excel/Help/Hyperlink and found how to
create, edit and remove hyperlinks in Excel 2008.

Respectfully, Norm

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[CyberTaz]

Hi John -

I thought Norm was responding to the unlinking keystroke I had suggested -
at least that's the impression I had from the context of his post. That
keystroke, however, I have confirmed several times & it works in 2008 just
the same as in prior versions or I wouldn't have posted it.

Norm -

The Help technique is fine for removing hyperlinks one at a time, but that's
exactly what the OP was hoping to avoid having to do. If the
Shift+Command+F9 keystroke is what isn't working for you please give us more
details about the doc involved plus any additional information - such as
whether other keyboard commands may be failing as well.

OTOH, if you *do* mean the macro, John pretty much clarified that

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

 

[John McGhie]

If he was, then *I* must have been having a late night. Sorry Norm

Hi John -

I thought Norm was responding to the unlinking keystroke I had suggested -
at least that's the impression I had from the context of his post. That
keystroke, however, I have confirmed several times & it works in 2008 just
the same as in prior versions or I wouldn't have posted it.

Norm -

The Help technique is fine for removing hyperlinks one at a time, but that's
exactly what the OP was hoping to avoid having to do. If the
Shift+Command+F9 keystroke is what isn't working for you please give us more
details about the doc involved plus any additional information - such as
whether other keyboard commands may be failing as well.

OTOH, if you *do* mean the macro, John pretty much clarified that

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

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[katychallis]

Here's my discovery, 5 years after the original question was posted:

This might be obvious to everyone else, but I could not figure out why cmd+shift+F9 was not working for me. I just happened upon another forum that said you need to include the "fn" in there, so it's actually:

cmd+A (select all)
fn+cmd+shift+F9

If that is obvious to everyone else, sorry to be the simple-minded one to invade on the thread. :/

 

[Patty Winter]

Here's my discovery, 5 years after the original question was posted:

This might be obvious to everyone else, but I could not figure out why
cmd+shift+F9 was not working for me. I just happened upon another forum
that said you need to include the "fn" in there, so it's actually:

cmd+A (select all)
fn+cmd+shift+F9

It depends on which keyboard you have. (And maybe on changes that
Apple has defined to the function keys in the past several years...)

I had the same issue a couple of weeks ago; I couldn't turn a
Word table of contents into plain text, then I remembered that
I had to use the fn key.


Patty