Tech Tip of the Day: 3 Steps to remove all Hyperlinks (web URLs) from a Microsoft Word document

1. Use Copy and Paste to insert your web page content or URL list into your document.
2. Press Ctrl-A (to select all).
3. Press Ctrl-6 to remove all hyperlinks from the document.

Here is an example:

Example: A Wikipedia page is full of links to related definitions and Wiki entries.

Select the portion of the document and select copy from the menu or press Ctrl-C.

Open your Word document and use Paste (Ctrl-V) to insert the content. If you check the highlighted text, you can view the URL link.

To select all, press Ctrl-A.

Press Ctrl-6 to remove all of the web links (URLs) from the selected text.

Now if you recheck the highlighted text, you will find that all links have been cleared.

(Note that the format of the highlighted text remains. Use your text format functions to reset the font color and attributes to your desired style.)

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What to do when the reviewing "balloon" comments in Microsoft Word 2010 are too small to read

Sometimes when multiple users share documents in Microsoft Word 2010, reviewing comments and formatting changes will be turned on and show up as balloons to the right of the page. Sometimes a user will receive a Word file in which the balloon text is suddenly way too small to read as pictured below.

1. First you must click on the Home tab as circled below.
   
   


2. Next you must find a very small arrow (circled below), located at the far right of the styles box and click on it.
   
   


3. This will bring up the Styles pane. At the bottom of this pane are three buttons. The third one over is the Manage Styles button. Click on it.
   
   


4. This will bring up the Manage Styles window. Scroll through the list and look for the Balloon Text style. Highlight it. Then click the Modify button below.
   
   


5. In many cases when this happens, the font size is only 1pt. Click on the drop down list for font size and change it to something more readable between 8pt and 12pt. (8pt is the default.) Then click the OK button.
   
   


6. Click the OK button at the bottom of the Manage Styles box. Then click the little X in the upper right hand corner of the Styles pane
   
   
   
   


7. You should now be able to read what´s in the balloons!
   
   

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