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Can I temporarily make linked text insensitive to clicks?
I need to edit many paragraphs of text in Word 365 that are linked to other text in the document. The entire paragraphs are sensitive to a click, which will move the cursor to elsewhere. Therefore, making edits is very difficult. However, I need to retain (or re-instate) the links in the document. Is there a way to temporarily make the text insensitive to clicks, so I can make edits? Last edited by Charles Kenyon; 10-12-2023 at 02:17 PM. Reason: oops - wrong post |
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You could try locking the fields. (Ctrl+F11).
To unlock usie Ctrl+Shift+F11. Dealing with Fields in Microsoft Word On many computers, you will need to add the Fn key to the shortcut. |
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Thanks, Charles, but these are hyperlinks that point to bookmarks in the document. I have the option to remove the links, but then I'd have to re-instate them all.
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Change your option to require Ctrl+Click to follow a link?
File > Options > Advanced > Editing options > Use Ctrl+Click to follow hyperlink. This is an application setting, not a document or field setting and can be toggled. There is no built-in keyboard shortcut for this setting. |
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Excellent! Thanks, Charles; that worked perfectly. I've selected Use Ctrl+Click to follow hyperlink, and now the text behaves like any other text, and I can edit it without interference.
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I set that as my default long ago and had forgotten that it was not the default setting for many people.
I wrote a quick macro that could be attached to a keyboard shortcut or the QAT that toggles this setting. Code:
Sub CtrlClickOptionToggle() ' Toggle requirement to use Ctrl key when using links in document ' Charles Kenyon 2023-Oct-12 ' https://www.msofficeforums.com/177528-post6.html ' Let Options.CtrlClickHyperlinkToOpen = Not Options.CtrlClickHyperlinkToOpen ' ' To attach to a shortcut key, see ' https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_win10-msoversion_other/assigning-keyboard-shortcuts-in-microsoft-word/a346f277-e0eb-4d17-b53b-233584c611bb?tm=1595883735330 ' End Sub |
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Very nice; thanks, Charles.
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