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How to select and copy all hyperlinks from a Word document?

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If you have a long Word document with multiple hyperlinks and need to copy them all at once, manually selecting each one can be time-consuming. Fortunately, there are efficient ways to extract and copy all hyperlinks or just their addresses. This guide will introduce different methods to accomplish this quickly.

Copy all hyperlinks to a new document using VBA

Using VBA, you can extract all hyperlinks from a document and copy them into a new document.

  1. Open the Word document containing the hyperlinks and press Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
  2. Click Insert > Module, then copy and paste the following VBA code into the module window: 
    Sub HyperlinksExtract()
'Updateby20140214
    Dim oLink As Hyperlink
    Dim docCurrent As Document 'current document
    Dim docNew As Document 'new document
    Dim rngStory As StoryRanges
    Set docCurrent = ActiveDocument
    Set docNew = Documents.Add
    For Each oLink In docCurrent.Hyperlinks
        oLink.Range.Copy
        docNew.Activate
        Selection.Paste
        Selection.TypeParagraph
    Next
    
    Set docNew = Nothing
    Set docCurrent = Nothing
End Sub
  3. Click the Run button to execute the VBA code. A new document will open containing all hyperlinks from the original document.
    Document with text with hyperlinks >>> New document with only text with hyperlinks

Note: This VBA method works only for text-based hyperlinks. It does not extract hyperlinks embedded in images.

Extract only hyperlink addresses (plain text) to a new document using VBA

This VBA method extracts only the hyperlink addresses from a document and pastes them into a new document.

  1. Open the Word document and press Alt + F11 to open the VBA editor.
  2. Click Insert > Module, then copy and paste the following VBA code: 
    Function GetAllHyperlinks()
'Updateby20140214
    Dim docCurrent As Document
    Dim docNew As Document
    Dim oLink As Hyperlink
    Dim rng As Range
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Set docCurrent = ActiveDocument
    Set docNew = Documents.Add
    For Each oLink In docCurrent.Hyperlinks
        Set rng = docNew.Range
        rng.Collapse
        rng.InsertParagraph
        rng.InsertAfter (oLink.Address)
    Next
    docNew.Activate
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Application.ScreenRefresh
End Function
  3. Click the Run button. A new document will be created containing only the hyperlink addresses (plain text).
    Document with text with hyperlinks >>> New document with only hyperlink addresses

Note: The extracted hyperlink addresses may not appear in the same order as in the original document.

Copy hyperlinks or addresses to clipboard using Kutools for Word

Kutools for Word provides a simple way to copy all hyperlinks or just their addresses to the clipboard with a few clicks.

Kutools for Word, equipped with AI 🤖, offers over 100 handy features to simplify your tasks.
  1. Click Kutools Plus > Copy Hyperlink.
    Copy Hyperlink button on the Kutools tab on the ribbon
  2. In the Copy all hyperlinks to clipboard dialog box, select the desired option.
    Copy all hyperlinks to clipboard dialog box
  3. Paste the copied hyperlinks wherever you want by pressing Ctrl + V.
  • If you select the Hyperlinks option, both the display text and the hyperlink will be copied.
    Text with hyperlinks pasted
  • If you select the Hyperlink Addresses option, only the hyperlink address will be copied as plain text.
    Hyperlinks addresses pasted
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