Word 2000: Remove hyperlinks from document

I have a document in Word 200 which contains a lot of hyperlinks. Now i need to remove all these hyperlinks from this document, but deleting each hyperlink one by one is very time consuming. Is there a way to remove all the hyperlinks in one step ?

Thanks!

p.s. pls note that i just want te remove the hyperlink and not the entire text

eg if the word "index" is hyperlinked to a document ... i just want to remove the hyperlink to that document leaving the word "text" as plain text.

 

thx for the tip.

 

Try This

Create a Macro -- I called mine DeleteHyperlinks
In the macro, first go to the top of the page then use the GoTo and choose field and hyperlink for your arguments then finally next. Assign your macro to a shortcut or button and use repeatedly as needed. My example code is below.

Sub DeleteHyperlinks()
'
' DeleteHyperlinks Macro
' Macro recorded 5/15/2003 by Al Whitson
'
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToField, Which:=wdGoToNext, Count:=1, Name:= _
"HYPERLINK "
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^d "
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
Selection.Delete Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
End Sub

Hope this helps.

AlWitNoHumor

 

And Just in Case You Want To Get Fancy

Thought I would add a looping version for you. See code below.

Sub DeleteHyperlinks()
Do While ActiveDocument.Hyperlinks.Count > 0
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToField, Which:=wdGoToNext, Count:=1, Name:= _
"HYPERLINK "
Selection.Find.Text = "^d "
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
Selection.Delete Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
Selection.Find.Execute
Loop
End Sub

AlWitNo Humor

 

great idea .... Thanks very much

 

hi ppl, i've also found this little trick to avoid using macros.

instead of copy&paste to notepad as someone suggested before i did the same but copy&paste to wordpad instead ... this kept all text formatting but removing all the hyperlinks. then copy&paste back to the word document.

Hope this might be useful to others as well.