MS Word - paste from a copied web page without hyperlinks

bekdik

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Any one know how to copy a web page and paste into a word doc without hyperlinks? All other formatting remains.

No paste-special isn't an answer, neither is save as txt as apparently formatting was retained, the only bit missing was the hyperlink.
 
I once got a keyboard shortcut from google, but I forgot it...
I pasted from internet with the hyperlinks, selected all of it, hit the few buttons, and mugabes you uncle! Hyperlinks gone! :D Just try google though
 
I'm not sure if this'll work but what about a wordpad document, i dont think it can handle hyperlinks, but it does do formatting.
 
Along the line of this thread, there's a great little app out there called PureText (http://stevemiller.net/puretext/)

You can set up a hotkey such as the Windows key + V to paste whatever is in the clipboard as normal unformatted text.
 
For just text, just copy and paste the text into notepad, then copy that, and paste it into word.
 
I know, that's why I wasn't giving a direct answer :) I don't have Office at home but if you select all the text I think you get a context menu called Hyperlink, in there should be a menu option to remove all Hyperlinks.
 
You'll need to use a macro: Here's 5 minutes of google :P
Ever copy and paste something from the Internet and then into Word only to get the hyperlinks embedded? You can removed them easily with the Macros below.

Word

Hit [ALT]+[F11] to open the Visual Basic Editor

Go to "Insert" > "Module" and in the pop-up window copy:

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



Then click "File" > Close and return to Microsoft Word

You can now run the Macro in Word by going to:

Tools > Macro > Macro and then Run "RemoveAllHyperlinks"
Adapted from http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_office_tips1323.html
 
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