When I merge Hyperlinks they become text. Is there a way I can format the
Merge Field to turn them back into hyperlinks?

Hi ?B?TGVzIFQ=?=,

When I merge Hyperlinks they become text. Is there a way I can format the
Merge Field to turn them back into hyperlinks?

The only way Word can create a hyperlink is using a Hyperlink field. That
means that you have to pass the TEXT (URL) through the mail merge, and nest
the merge field into a Hyperlink field. Further, this has to be done as the
last step, and the mail merge executed immediately, to a NEW document, before
hiding the merge field codes, then updating the fields.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Could you please make litlte more descriptive.
As a biginner I could not follow.
I am facing the same problem to merge a hyper link.
After merging, the link disappears and only rext remains.




"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message
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Hi ?B?TGVzIFQ=?=,

When I merge Hyperlinks they become text. Is there a way I can format
the
Merge Field to turn them back into hyperlinks?

The only way Word can create a hyperlink is using a Hyperlink field. That
means that you have to pass the TEXT (URL) through the mail merge, and
nest
the merge field into a Hyperlink field. Further, this has to be done as
the
last step, and the mail merge executed immediately, to a NEW document,
before
hiding the merge field codes, then updating the fields.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Thanks Jasey,
I have the same problem

"Jasy" wrote:

Could you please make litlte more descriptive.
As a biginner I could not follow.
I am facing the same problem to merge a hyper link.
After merging, the link disappears and only rext remains.




"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message
news:VA.0000adeb.00771e04@speedy...
Hi ?B?TGVzIFQ=?=,

When I merge Hyperlinks they become text. Is there a way I can format
the
Merge Field to turn them back into hyperlinks?

The only way Word can create a hyperlink is using a Hyperlink field. That
means that you have to pass the TEXT (URL) through the mail merge, and
nest
the merge field into a Hyperlink field. Further, this has to be done as
the
last step, and the mail merge executed immediately, to a NEW document,
before
hiding the merge field codes, then updating the fields.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Hi Jasy,

Could you please make litlte more descriptive.

OK, I just created an entry for this on my website:

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...ergfaq2.htm#Hy
perlink

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...ergfaq2.htm#Hy
perlink

- Cindy Meister