[CS-FSLUG] Re: removing hyperlinks

[Frank Bax]

At 02:11 PM 2/8/05, Alvin Smith wrote:

>On Tuesday 08 February 2005 01:49 pm, Frank Bax wrote:
> > At 01:38 PM 2/8/05, Alvin Smith wrote:
> > >On Tuesday 08 February 2005 01:26 pm, Alvin Smith wrote:
> > > > Does anyone know how to remove hyperlinks from OOo Writer documents?
> > > >
> > > > My current version is 1.1.3.
> > >
> > >It seems that it can be done by hi-lighting the text, then from the menu
> > > bar selecting Format, Default.
> >
> > You can disable the auto-formating of url's as links under Tools -
> > AutoCorrect/Format - Options - "URL recognition".
> >
> > Frank
>
>An example of the *problem* that I am referring to is if you copy text from a
>website into a document, any text with hyperlinks associated with it will
>retain the hyperlink association.  The text does not necessarily have to be
>an URL.
>
>For example the word "Google" could appear as a link in the document, that 
>is,
>underlined and blue, etc.
>
>Format, Default removes the link.


Instead of paste, try paste-special (select "unformatted text").