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VBA macro for Microsoft Word to remove the hyperlink (not the text) when the hyperlink contains a particular string
'VBA macro for Microsoft Word to remove the hyperlink (not the text) when the hyperlink contains a particular string
'Author: ARGYROU MINAS (minasargyrou@outlook.com)
'Licensed under the MIT License
'https://gist.github.com/04728af4c913f22bd35e65df3dddd43b.git
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'Copyright 2023 ARGYROU MINAS
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'Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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'The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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'THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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Option Explicit
Sub RemoveLinksContainingInputString()
Dim Position1 As Integer
Dim Position2 As Integer
Dim Hyperlink1 As String
Dim Hyperlink2 As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim NumLinks As Integer
Dim ToFind As String
ToFind = InputBox("Input the text to match within the hyperlinks.", "Text to match")
NumLinks = ThisDocument.Hyperlinks.Count
For i = NumLinks To 1 Step -1
Hyperlink1 = ThisDocument.Hyperlinks(i).Address
Hyperlink2 = ThisDocument.Hyperlinks(i).SubAddress
Position1 = InStr(1, Hyperlink1, ToFind)
Position2 = InStr(1, Hyperlink2, ToFind)
If (Position1 > 0) Or (Position2 > 0) Then
ThisDocument.Hyperlinks(i).Delete
End If
Next i
End Sub
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