Convert Folder paths to Hyperlinks

PhilS · #1 01-02-2022, 08:25 AM

I have created a list of 1,500 folder paths, e.g. F:\Curr\docs
How can I convert all of these into hyperlinks so that I can jump to that folder in Windows explorer?

kilroyscarnival · #2 01-03-2022, 12:38 PM

I'm presuming you have all those in Word. But to me, the task is most easily completed in Excel, and I'm going to hope you have that as well.

Whether your list is in a Word Table or just a list with paragraph or line breaks after them, it should be as simple as copying your list to Column A of a new Excel worksheet.

So then, in Column B, you'd type "=HYPERLINK(A1)" without the quotation marks of course. When you hit enter, you should get a working hyperlink for the path in Cell A1.

Then fill-down the B column for a different hyperlink in each.

Then, presumably you could just copy the items in the B column and paste back into Word.

gmayor · #3 01-03-2022, 10:45 PM

If each item in the list is a paragraph then select the list and run the following Word macro. This will hyperlink those paragraphs that have valid folder paths. Invalid paths are coloured red.

Code:

Sub Macro1()
'Graham Mayor - https://www.gmayor.com - Last updated - 04 Jan 2022
Dim sLink As String
Dim oLink As Hyperlink
Dim oPara As Paragraph
Dim oRng As Range
Dim FSO As Object
    Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    For Each oPara In Selection.Paragraphs
        Set oRng = oPara.Range
        oRng.End = oRng.End - 1
        If FSO.FolderExists(oRng.Text) Then
            Set oLink = Selection.Hyperlinks.Add(Anchor:=oRng, _
                                                      Address:=oRng.Text, _
                                                      ScreenTip:="Click to select the linked folder", _
                                                      TextToDisplay:=oRng.Text)
        Else
            oRng.Font.ColorIndex = wdRed
        End If
    Next oPara
lbl_Exit:
    Set oLink = Nothing
    Set oRng = Nothing
    Set oPara = Nothing
    Exit Sub
End Sub

kilroyscarnival · #4 01-04-2022, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmayor

If each item in the list is a paragraph then select the list and run the following Word macro. This will hyperlink those paragraphs that have valid folder paths. Invalid paths are coloured red.

Nice solution. I wasn't sure whether it would work like that. I tried it on a multi-page list, and it converted the ones I had selected.

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