XL2000: No Menu Command to Select All Hyperlinks Within a Worksheet (213790)

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To work around this behavior, use a macro to select all the cells that contain hyperlinks.

Create a new workbook in Microsoft Excel.
On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
In the Visual Basic Editor, on the Insert menu, click Module.

Type the following code into the module:

'This Sub procedure selects all cells in the worksheet that contain
'hyperlinks. You can then clear the selected cells to delete all of
'the hyperlinks.
Sub SelectAllHyperlinkCells()
    FirstCell = 1
    For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
        If FirstCell = 1 Then
            Set xRange = xLink.Range
            FirstCell = 0
        Else
            Set xRange = Application.Union(xRange, xLink.Range)
        End If
    Next xLink
    xRange.Select
End Sub

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Other Macros to Work with Hyperlinks

You can use a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications subroutine to cycle through all of the hyperlinks within a worksheet and perform a specific operation on each hyperlink. For example, you can delete all of the hyperlinks, or you can simply report the location of each hyperlink.

NOTE: Some lines of code have been modified with line continuation characters (_) to fit this document.

Create a new workbook in Microsoft Excel.
On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
In the Visual Basic Editor, on the Insert menu, click Module.

Type the following code into the module:

'This Sub procedure deletes all hyperlinks in the active worksheet.

Sub DeleteAllHyperlinks()
    For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
        xLink.Delete
    Next xLink
End Sub

'This Sub procedure displays a series of message boxes indicating
'the location of each hyperlink in the active worksheet.
Sub ReportHyperlinkLocations()
   For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
        MsgBox xLink.Range.Address
    Next xLink
End Sub

'This Sub procedure identifies each hyperlink and asks if you want
'to delete it. If you click Yes, the hyperlink is deleted.
Sub ReportAndDeleteHyperlinks()
    For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
        Response = MsgBox("Delete hyperlink in cell " & _
            xLink.Range.Address & " ?", vbYesNo)
        If Response = vbYes Then xLink.Delete
    Next xLink
End Sub

On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Excel.

If you insert some hyperlinks into your worksheet, you can run the different macros by pointing to Macro on the Tools menu and then clicking Macros. Select the name of the macro to run, and then click Run.

The DeleteAllHyperlinks() macro deletes the hyperlink property of the range, but not the hyperlink text. It leaves behind the hyperlink text.

XL2000: No Menu Command to Select All Hyperlinks Within a Worksheet (213790)

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Other Macros to Work with Hyperlinks

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