Hi Ronni, Hi Lloyd, I was intrigued by this - I didn't think the problem was down to whether the document is plain text or HTML - for example, in Entourage, email addresses are "clickable" whether the message is formatted as HTML or plain text.
I'm not sure which version of Word you use Lloyd - I'm still using Word 2004 - but I could easily reproduce your problem and then "fix" it. In fact, you have already found the "fix" yourself! I created a new word document and pasted internet address into it. It did not make any difference whether I pasted and then selected: - Keep source formatting - Match destination formatting - Keep text only Or if I "paste special" and selected "unformatted text" In each case, - the act of pasting the address into the document did not create the hyper link - the link was created when you then hit "space" or "return" in other words it is not a "paste" problem but an AutoCorrect problem. This is covered in Word Help: > My text was unexpectedly formatted as a hyperlink. > If the text you typed includes the at sign (@), Microsoft Word might interpret > the text as an e-mail address and automatically apply hyperlink formatting. > You can turn off the automatic replacement of Internet paths with hyperlinks. > 1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect, and then click the AutoFormat As You > Type tab. > 2. Under Replace as you type, clear the Internet paths with hyperlinks check > box. Which is just what you did! After doing that - the problem disappears. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 13/12/10 3:51 PM, Ronda Brown at [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Lloyd, > > I don't have MS Word & have never used MS Word, but a setting (or something) > is pasting the text as a Hyperlink. > You need ³paste special² and select 'unformatted text' in this instance. > > Check to make sure the CMMD+V is not assigned to the paste Hyperlink menu. > > As Peter's Word 2011 is not having this issue with Command+C & Command+V, the > problem I would suspect is in your setup in Word. > > You might find something on the Office For Mac - Word forum > <http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Word/> > > <http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/11880> > > If your document has a live link (URL) or live email address, it is HTML or > 'Rich Text'. > "Plain text can include a web address starting with the http:// prefix, since > it consists of standard keyboard characters. > However, only HTML can make the address an "active link" by using an <A> tag, > which allows a web page to open when the viewer clicks on the address." > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 13/12/2010, at 10:47 AM, Lloyd White wrote: > >> >> Ahh now we are getting close! >> >> Thanks Ronnie. Is this what you mean? >> >> I went to the Auto Correct preferences preferences, then "Autoformat as >> You Type" and unchecked the "Internet and network paths with hyperllnks". >> >> Is this the preference you mean? I can't find one that says exactly "Paste >> as Hyperlink". >> >> How can I tell if a document is formatted as HTML? Is it any document that >> has an URL or email address? I know I can format a document by going to >> Format then Autoformat which then turns it into a HTML document. >> >> Lloyd >> >> >> >>> >>> Hi Lloyd, >>> >>> Are the documents in HTML format? Seems that somehow you are using 'Paste >>> as Hyperlink'? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 13/12/2010, at 9:19 AM, Lloyd White wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 11/12/2010, at 10:49 AM, Lloyd White wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> But my main problem is copying -or cutting - and pasting in Word. >>>>>> When I copy text and paste it - using the Apple keyboard shortcuts- C >>>>>> and >>>>>> V - into a different part of the document or into another document it >>>>>> comes out in underlined blue as a hyperlink to the original text. >>>>>> Which >>>>>> has to be removed. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I don't know what is happening here. I can't reproduce the problem in >>>>> my >>>>> copy. >>>>> >>>>> THANKS for that information Peter. The / is just something I will have >>>>> to >>>>> avoid. But re the copy and paste the fact that you cannot reproduce it >>>>> interests me. I have just tried a different Apple keyboard and have the >>>>> same problem. The one I am using came with my iMac so that should not >>>>> be >>>>> a problem. >>>> I still have three ways of copying and pasting without having the pasted >>>> text linked; >>>> 1. Highlight and drag >>>> 2. Use the copy and paste icons on the tool bar menus >>>> 3. Use the right-click on the mouse. >>>> >>>> But the keyboard short-cuts always produce the links to the previous >>>> text. >>>> >>>> By the way, I have no problem with the keyboard shortcuts on my old >>>> PowerBook G3 using Word 2004. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Lloyd >>>>> >>>>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>>> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
