Questions tagged [hyperlink]

Reference to data that can be followed, usually of a webpage, but can be within a document

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Can I use an excel formula to extract the link location of a hyperlink in a cell?

I have a spreadsheet with a large number of cells containing hyperlinks with display text different than the hyperlink location ie: cell location: A1 display text = "Site Info" hyperlink location = "http://www.mylocation.com" Is there an excel…
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Hyperlinking a piece of text in Excel

I'm using Excel 2010 and I have a simple problem where I need to hyperlink a certain part of my text. My cell content is as simple as "For blablabla, click here." I want to add a hyperlink to the "here". Does anyone know how can I do this?
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Excel hyperlink not redirecting properly (bug?)

I have an Excel hyperlink problem: I click on, let's say A1, copy the link in it (http://www.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?ci=54814), right click on hyperlink and copy that SAME URL as the link (if it is not automatically detected and…
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How to "unvisit" links in Chrome?

How can I "unvisit" a specific link in Chrome? I don't want to clear the entire browser history; I just want to undo the "visited" status on links, i.e. make the :visited style (the thing that makes visited links purple) not show for that URL. I've…
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Turning active hyperlinks back to blue

I selected all the text in a document and colored it all black (which is what I wanted to do). I didn't realize that the document had some hyperlinks in it (several pages in, in a very long document), so now I can't tell where the hyperlinks are,…
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How to select (& copy) only a part of a linked text?

Let’s take this link as an example: The artist John Doe shows us his cat! I want to copy the text "John Doe" only. Is it possible somehow? The problem is that I can't place my cursor in the text, as then the link gets activated. As a workaround I…
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How do I copy hyperlinks in non-encoded format in Firefox?

When I copy the following URL from FireFox https://example.com/away.php?to=http://example.com/page/42 and then paste, I get a link like: https://example.com/away.php?to=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fpage%2F42 How do I get the non-encoded link instead?…
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How do I select only the middle part of a hyperlink?

How do I select a middle part of an hyper-link as you see in the image above? You can also suggest me a browser extension or a userscript that converts all links to text in a selected sub part of the page after pressing a hot-key. (Browser: Google…
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Show blue hyperlink instead of { HYPERLINK link } in Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word 2007, I'm getting this text rather than getting an actual hyperlink. How can I have it show the blue hyperlink instead? I'm currently using a "Print Layout" as my View. If I change it to "Full Screen Reading" View, I see the…
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How to open stubborn javascript links in a new tab or new window?

Some websites use "creative" (javascript?) hyperlinks which break browser functionality, such as the ability to ctrl+click or middle click links to open them in a new tab. A common example, taleo HR…
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How can I copy the link in Google without openning the link and the "Google stuff" in the URL?

I want to copy a link in Google without opening that link and without the "Google stuff". When I use my browser by right-clicking the link and selecting Copy Link Location, it copies a very long link because of the Google…
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How can I create a link to a specific position on a web page?

Is it possible to create a hyperlink to a specific scroll position on a web page? For example, I'd like to create a link to http://www.stackoverflow.com/, but with the page scrolled down 100 pixels.
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How to easily remove hyperlinks from multiple cells?

I have data exported from a tool as XLS. In this, one of the column has text which is a hyperlink to information in the tool. I can remove the hyperlink for each cell. But I want to remove the hyperlink for all the cells in the column in a easier…
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How to conditionally create a hyperlink based on value of a cell

ColA Col B ColC Project A A.pdf A.pdf Project B No Link I have a list of project records. One column (e.g., B) may have a reference to a pdf file. If I create a…
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Hyperlink to other worksheet using hyperlink function in excel

I'm having problems using the Hyperlink function of Excel. I have a name in cell A1, In cell a2 I want a hyperlink that links to the worksheet that is named the same as the name in cell A1
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