Thanks for your answer. I tried that, and it gets rid of the text as well
as the URL to which the text is linked. I think I was probably not clear in
how I explained the problem. What I want to do is break the link. I do not
want to remove the text that is linked. In other words, when the cursor is
put on a company name that I have in my document, clicking on that name will
go to a specific URL that is linked to that company name. I do not want to
delete the company name, but I do want to break the link.

I hope that is a little clearer explanation. Can this be done?
Thank you.
Terri


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Hi Terri,

This will work in tables, text, or anywhere else:

First, display field codes in place of field results, by pressing Alt+F9.
The hyperlinks will all turn into something like
{ HYPERLINK "http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm"}

(Note: if you don't see quotes around the URL, then the newsgroup posting
mechanism has reformatted it. You'll see quotes in the field code.)

Select the part of the document that you want to remove hyperlinks from.
If
you want to remove hyperlinks from the entire document, just put the
cursor
at the beginning.

Now open the Edit Replace dialog. Put this in the Find What box:

^19 HYPERLINK

The ^19 represents the left bracket of the code. You do need the space
between the 9 and the H. Leave the Replace With box empty and click
Replace
All. If you had some text selected, Word will ask whether to continue
searching; click No.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Terri Creagh wrote:
I am trying to remove hypertext links from a whole column of a Word
table. If I select the column and then try to do it through 'Edit -
Links' , the 'Links' option is grayed out. If I right click on the
group of links, the 'remove hypertext link' option does not come up.



Also, is there any way to remove all hypertext links in an entire Word
document if the 'Edit - Links' command is grayed out?



Thank you.

Terri