Remove multiple hyperlinks in a word document?

[Gus]

Is there a quick and easy way to remove multiple (1000s) of hyperlinks (URLs)
in a word document but keep the text? I know how to Right-click the hyperlink
you want to remove, and then click Remove Hyperlink, but using this methodf
with will take me ages.

Thanks
Gus

 

[Stefan Blom]

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/DeleteHyperlinks.htm.

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[Beach Lover]

Select the entire document by holding CTRL and pressing A.
While holding down CTRL and Shift, press F9.

 

[Gus]

Many thanks - worked perfectly and was exactly what I wanted to know.

Cheers
Gus

 

[Gus]

Thanks Stefan - that link will be very useful in the future.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note, however, that this unlinks *all* fields in the document. If you have
no fields other than HYPERLINK fields, the solution is very neat--not so
great if you have other fields.

 

[Matthew W. I. Dunn]

Here's my solution in case you don't want to unlink everything by hitting
CTRL+SHIFT+F9:

Add the SELECT HYPERLINK button to your Quick Access Toolbar;
Add the REMOVE HYPERLINK button to your Quick Access Toolbar;
Select the FIND button, which will open the Find and Replace tool;
Select MORE >> and FORMAT at the bottom;
Select FONT and choose the options that best fit the way the hyperlink has
been formatted in the text: if it's been underlined; if it's given as a
superscript; if it's in the color Blue. (Try to be a specific as possible!)
Click FIND NEXT;
As the tool jumps through the document finding the formatted text, you'll
notice that the SELECT HYPERLINK button in the toolbar is highlighted: click
it;
Click the REMOVE HYPERLINK button, and the hyperlink will be remove.

You'll find that you can still move pretty rapidly through the document,
albeit not as quickly as simply selecting all of the text and hitting
CTRL+SHIFT+F9. However, this is meant for those who might have a number of
linked fields that are not hyperlinks per se.

If you feel comfortable with computer code, like macros and whatnot, then
you might give a try to the macro created by the aforementioned Microsoft
MVP. I am not so comfortable. So, I spend most of my time working around
2007's inadequacies.