Comments on: Excel Tutorial: How To Convert Plain Text Links Into HyperLinks

By: GW

GW — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:56:21 +0000

I have spread sheets with email addresses in them, sometimes as links and sometimes not. I need to both convert and unconvert. Your Hyperlinks to Plain Text routine takes the links out nicely. Your Plain Text to Hyperlink routine appears at first to work, too, but it actually inserts links that look like references to files….something like this…..file:///c:\(folder)\name@isp.ext

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:04:38 +0000

That worked great Jerry. I learned something today! Thanks.

By: MK

MK — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:52:44 +0000

This works great. Just the thing I needed. Thanks much.

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:41:03 +0000

Hi Jerry,

This macro seems almost perfect for my requirements but the links point to my desktop.

How can I specify a url for the link to go to?

If this can work then thank you SO much!

By: LEE@Detox your body

LEE@Detox your body — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:49:19 +0000

Thanks Jerry you the man! Really helped me out, also if any ones interested you can save the macros so you can use them on any workbook in the future, may be useful to link to a post how to do that, i found it on google by searching for “saving macros”
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By: Jerry Leventer

Jerry Leventer — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:06:16 +0000

PC Rudy, What is the original hyperlink pointing to?

By: pcrudy

pcrudy — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:18:35 +0000

i run the macro in 2007 but it converts the text hyperlink to something like files:///documents and settings etc. how do you get the hyperlink pasted into another column or file?

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:15:14 +0000

AWESOME
Saves so much time.
And your instructions are perfectly EASY!
Great job!
:-)

By: Family Computer Club

Family Computer Club — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:13:58 +0000

Many people may not be able to write such a ’sophisticated macro. You can also try this out: Select all cells. Click ‘copy’. Then use ‘paste special…’ and select values and paste in another worksheet. Data remains intact with no ‘hyperlinks’.

By: Jerry Leventer

Jerry Leventer — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:26:31 +0000

Rob,

F2 + Enter does not seem to work in Excel 2003.

By: John P

John P — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:28:47 +0000

You are a godsend.
I have thousands and thousands of these to convert.

By: vincent

vincent — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:29:02 +0000

thanks mate, you saved me quite some work.
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By: Rob Bremel

Rob Bremel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:45:16 +0000

Very helpful.
F2 + Enter also works but you can’t do a whole range of cells.

By: Jerry Leventer

Jerry Leventer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:24:38 +0000

This seems to be a popular topic, and I appreciate all your comments. Please let me know if you have any other questions on this or other technical, or Internet marketing issues. I can't promise I'll be able to answer, but maybe someone else will.

By: Rich Hoeg

Rich Hoeg — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:03:41 +0000

You are my savior with this code … thank you!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:52:53 +0000

You just saved me an incredible amount of time and a nasty headache to boot. Thanks for sharing.

By: Jerry Leventer

Jerry Leventer — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:35:53 +0000

Excellent, I’m glad to hear the suggestions were helpful to you.

By: Toby Tyler

Toby Tyler — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:13:12 +0000

Worked great!!! Thank you very much.

By: Jerry Leventer

Jerry Leventer — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:17:39 +0000

Barbara – How experienced with Excel are you? This is an advanced tutorial and not meant for first time Macro users.

You may need to refer to Microsoft for more basic understanding of how to implement a macro.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:27:48 +0000

i’m struggling to get this right. I thought i followed your instructions, copied and pasted the macro, hit run and nothing happened. It’s driving me nuts.

By: Jerry Leventer

Jerry Leventer — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:11:08 +0000

Thanks for letting me know you found it useful. There are some very nice things you can do with Excel.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:49:17 +0000

Hey, this is very handy little tutorial! You saved me much precious time, especially as this is something I seem to need to do quite often!

Thanks!