Remove Multiple Hyperlinks (and Underscores) in a Word Document in 3 EASY STEPS!

It's easy to remove the hyperlink from one link in a document. Just right-click on the link and click Remove Hyperlink. Then you can remove the underscore from the text.

But what if you have a whole document full of hyperlinks that you want to look like regular text? You don't want any active hyperlinks and you don't want the URLs to be underscored (underlined).

Well, it's easy to do! Just follow these 3 steps:

1. First select all of the text in the document by pressing Ctrl + A. Or if you prefer, highlight a section of text with the mouse.
2. Next, press Ctrl + Shift + F9. This will remove the active links. Keep the selection highlighted by not pressing a key or clicking the mouse.
3. Then, press Ctrl + U to remove the underscores.

Cheers!

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Secret to Highlighting Large Areas of Text in Word

You want to highlight a large portion of text in a Word document to copy it, move it, or delete it.

Now, highlighting text in Word is easy as long as all the text is visible in your current display window. But once you have to scroll to find the end of the text area, good luck!

You know what I'm talking about. You start highlighting and move your cursor down the page and when it gets to the bottom of the page, whheeeeeeeeeeee! Word scrolls so quickly that you've gone past the end of the text. So you try it again … and again … and again, until you just get lucky.

Well, great news! If you want to know how to highlight a large portion of text in Microsoft Word, there IS an easy way. And it doesn't matter how many pages of text you are highlighting in the document.

Before beginning, click anywhere in the document to reset your cursor. Then follow these 3 steps to highlight an exact amount of text:

• Place the cursor at the beginning of the area of text to be copied
• Press and hold the Shift key
• Scroll down to the end of the text to be highlighted and click at the very end of the text

Your text is highlighted! You can also use this technique starting at the bottom of the area to be highlighted, and scrolling upward to the top of the text area.

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Using the Paintbrush (Format Painter) in Microsoft Office

A lot of people have never noticed the little paintbrush icon that can be seen on a toolbar in both Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. It's the little icon shown in the image at right. 

Microsoft calls it the Format Painter and it is a fabulous, handy tool for quickly duplicating styles and formatting of text.

In Office 2007 and later versions, the Format Painter resides on the Clipboard section (far left) of the Home tab of the ribbon. In Office 2000 or below, it is located on one of the standard toolbars.

The Format Painter allows you to copy the font style, size, and color from one part of the document and apply it to one or more other words, paragraphs, and more. It is a great productivity tool!

Let's learn how to use the Format Painter for duplicating one instance or multiple instances.

Using the Format Painter to Make One Duplicate

1. Highlight a portion of the paragraph that has already been formatted
2. Click the Paintbrush icon once
3. Carefully highlight the new text you want styled like the original, and then release the mouse key

Presto! It is formatted exactly like the first paragraph.

Using the Format Painter for Multiple Duplication

1. Highlight a portion of the paragraph that has already been formatted and whose formatting you want to duplicate elsewhere in the document.
2. Double-click the Paintbrush icon.
3. Proceed to an area of text you wish to format like the original. Very carefully highlight that text. Then release the mouse button and the text will be formatted. Notice that the Format Painter icon stays activated.
4. Proceed to the next paragraph, word, or section of text you wish to format and repeat. Keep carefully highlighting and formatting text until finished.
5. When completely finished, click the Format Painter icon once to deactivate it. It should no longer be highlighted.

Why do we emphasize "very carefully"? You may have noticed that sometimes Microsoft Word can be touchy when highlighting and jump around a bit. If you accidently highlight the wrong text, immediately Undo the action. You can undo the action by clicking the left-facing circular arrow up on the top toolbar, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Z - meaning hold the Ctrl key while pressing the "z" key.

Learn how to use the Format Painter and let it increase your productivity!

Secret to Highlighting Text Vertically in Microsoft Word

When you highlight text in Word, by default, the highlight proceeds from left to right, and then up or down depending on which direction you move the cursor.

But what if you want to highlight a portion of text vertically?

This might be very useful if you have a document with tabular data, and you want to highlight, and perhaps copy, a COLUMN of data. This technique, however, also works in regular paragraphs.

It is so simple! And the secret is...

Press and hold the ALT key while you highlight the text.

Cheers!

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