I got a question concerning Microsoft Word 2007 (Office, how to, work)

[Joke Insurance]

I have a bunch of links that I saved via word document but none of the links are activated as hyperlinks. Is there a way to turn them all into hyperlinks without through every single one of them manually? I have about 30-40 pages so you can understand why I wouldn't want to do it manually, haha. Thanks.

[barney_rubble]

Do you have the automatic hyperlink feature enabled?
Create, format, or delete a hyperlink - Word - Office.com

[macroy]

This is the first thing that came up How to Create an Internet Hyperlink in Word 2007 - For Dummies

not sure if that will format existing data though.

[bs13690]

1. How are the links formatted? If they are formatted as the full URL, i.e. http://www.google.com go to question # 2.
2. Do you have Excel? If so, then copy all the links from Word into Excel. Go to the B1 cell and enter =HYPERLINK(A1). Should convert A1 into a clickable link and the link will be in B1. Do an autofill for the remainder of the cells. Then copy and paste them back into a Word document.

[Joke Insurance]

Originally Posted by barney_rubble

Do you have the automatic hyperlink feature enabled?
Create, format, or delete a hyperlink - Word - Office.com

I will have to check.

[barney_rubble]

If not, bs13690's suggestion is very good.

[bs13690]

To add to step 1 in my post above, even if the hyperlinks don't have http:// you can probably easily add it to the text once you have pasted it in Excel. I know there is a way to do it but I can't think of what it is from the top of my head.

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by bs13690

To add to step 1 in my post above, even if the hyperlinks don't have http:// you can probably easily add it to the text once you have pasted it in Excel. I know there is a way to do it but I can't think of what it is from the top of my head.

If they don't have http:// couldn't you:

1. Make sure the automatic hyperlink feature is enabled

2. Do a search/replace: search for www. and replace with http://www.

[bs13690]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

If they don't have http:// couldn't you:

1. Make sure the automatic hyperlink feature is enabled

2. Do a search/replace: search for www. and replace with Stats about all US cities - real estate, relocation info, house prices, home value estimator, recent sales, cost of living, crime, race, income, photos, education, maps, weather, houses, schools, neighborhoods, and more.

Yep, search/replace would work. Sometimes, I forget the easy solutions. I was thinking of a more complicated way to do it.

[Joke Insurance]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

Do a search/replace: search for www. and replace with Stats about all US cities - real estate, relocation info, house prices, home value estimator, recent sales, cost of living, crime, race, income, photos, education, maps, weather, houses, schools, neighborhoods, and more.

Like I said before, I'd rather not do it manually.