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Remove 'Symbols' When Importing
When I import pages from the internet into Excel, I often have a bunch of
Internet 'symbols' or 'links'. Examples a little tick symbols from a stockbroker which link to "trade this stock" type pages, or stock symbols underlined in blue, which take me to a stock chart. These are fine on the internet page, but I don't want them in my Excel table. I know I can eliminate them by using 'Copy' and 'Paste Special/Values' to a new page in Excel, but is there a simpler way to 'turn off' these things? Steve |
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If you don't have any other shapes on that worksheet...
After pasting edit|goto|special|objects and hit the delete key on the keyboard If they don't disappear, try clicking on the design mode icon on the control toolbox toolbar (xl2003 toolbars), then do the edit|goto stuff again. Steve wrote: When I import pages from the internet into Excel, I often have a bunch of Internet 'symbols' or 'links'. Examples a little tick symbols from a stockbroker which link to "trade this stock" type pages, or stock symbols underlined in blue, which take me to a stock chart. These are fine on the internet page, but I don't want them in my Excel table. I know I can eliminate them by using 'Copy' and 'Paste Special/Values' to a new page in Excel, but is there a simpler way to 'turn off' these things? Steve -- Dave Peterson |
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-- Steve "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... If you don't have any other shapes on that worksheet... After pasting edit|goto|special|objects and hit the delete key on the keyboard If they don't disappear, try clicking on the design mode icon on the control toolbox toolbar (xl2003 toolbars), then do the edit|goto stuff again. Steve wrote: When I import pages from the internet into Excel, I often have a bunch of Internet 'symbols' or 'links'. Examples a little tick symbols from a stockbroker which link to "trade this stock" type pages, or stock symbols underlined in blue, which take me to a stock chart. These are fine on the internet page, but I don't want them in my Excel table. I know I can eliminate them by using 'Copy' and 'Paste Special/Values' to a new page in Excel, but is there a simpler way to 'turn off' these things? Steve -- Dave Peterson Dave, Sorry for the late reply. Your suggestion doesn't work in my case (maybe because I'm using Excel 2000?). Being more specific, can I change some Excel formatting so that imported stock symbols which appear in Blue and Underlined (like an internet link or URL) are re-formatted as normal text? Steve |
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I thought your symbols were objects--like little icons.
But you mean that they're stock symbols, right? And you've already deleted the hyperlinks themselves, right? If both are true... Select the range format|Style... And change to Normal (don't use Hyperlink style) If you still have hyperlinks and you want to get rid of them: Select the range that should have the hyperlinks removed hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros live) hit ctrl-g to see the immediate window type this and hit enter: selection.hyperlinks.delete Steve wrote: <<snipped Dave, Sorry for the late reply. Your suggestion doesn't work in my case (maybe because I'm using Excel 2000?). Being more specific, can I change some Excel formatting so that imported stock symbols which appear in Blue and Underlined (like an internet link or URL) are re-formatted as normal text? Steve -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave,
I confused the issue. 1. I didn't know the name "hyperlink" so couldn't find how to remove them in Excel Help. Embarrassingly, I find I can use the 'Format Painter' to copy simple text formatting to these hyperlinks and make them into text. 2. I do have additional 'check boxes' and one 'drop down box', which I can neither delete nor even select. Thanks for your help. Steve "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I thought your symbols were objects--like little icons. But you mean that they're stock symbols, right? And you've already deleted the hyperlinks themselves, right? If both are true... Select the range format|Style... And change to Normal (don't use Hyperlink style) If you still have hyperlinks and you want to get rid of them: Select the range that should have the hyperlinks removed hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros live) hit ctrl-g to see the immediate window type this and hit enter: selection.hyperlinks.delete Steve wrote: <<snipped Dave, Sorry for the late reply. Your suggestion doesn't work in my case (maybe because I'm using Excel 2000?). Being more specific, can I change some Excel formatting so that imported stock symbols which appear in Blue and Underlined (like an internet link or URL) are re-formatted as normal text? Steve -- Dave Peterson |
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First, be careful. Changing the format/style of the cell won't remove the
hyperlink. It'll just make it so it doesn't look like a hyperlink. Second, show the control toolbox toolbar. In xl2003, it's View|Toolbars|Control toolbox. Click on the Design mode icon on that toolbar. (Let your cursor linger over the icons to see the yellow tooltip to find it.) Then try selecting the checkboxes and dropdowns/comboboxes (and then hit the delete key). Steve wrote: Dave, I confused the issue. 1. I didn't know the name "hyperlink" so couldn't find how to remove them in Excel Help. Embarrassingly, I find I can use the 'Format Painter' to copy simple text formatting to these hyperlinks and make them into text. 2. I do have additional 'check boxes' and one 'drop down box', which I can neither delete nor even select. Thanks for your help. Steve "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I thought your symbols were objects--like little icons. But you mean that they're stock symbols, right? And you've already deleted the hyperlinks themselves, right? If both are true... Select the range format|Style... And change to Normal (don't use Hyperlink style) If you still have hyperlinks and you want to get rid of them: Select the range that should have the hyperlinks removed hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros live) hit ctrl-g to see the immediate window type this and hit enter: selection.hyperlinks.delete Steve wrote: <<snipped Dave, Sorry for the late reply. Your suggestion doesn't work in my case (maybe because I'm using Excel 2000?). Being more specific, can I change some Excel formatting so that imported stock symbols which appear in Blue and Underlined (like an internet link or URL) are re-formatted as normal text? Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave,
Quite right, I didn't remove the hyperlink with my format painting, but cut and paste special/values does the job. I can remove individual "symbols" (drop down boxes and check boxes) using your method with the Control Toolbox. But how do I remove 200 check boxes? Steve "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... First, be careful. Changing the format/style of the cell won't remove the hyperlink. It'll just make it so it doesn't look like a hyperlink. Second, show the control toolbox toolbar. In xl2003, it's View|Toolbars|Control toolbox. Click on the Design mode icon on that toolbar. (Let your cursor linger over the icons to see the yellow tooltip to find it.) Then try selecting the checkboxes and dropdowns/comboboxes (and then hit the delete key). Steve wrote: Dave, I confused the issue. 1. I didn't know the name "hyperlink" so couldn't find how to remove them in Excel Help. Embarrassingly, I find I can use the 'Format Painter' to copy simple text formatting to these hyperlinks and make them into text. 2. I do have additional 'check boxes' and one 'drop down box', which I can neither delete nor even select. Thanks for your help. Steve "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I thought your symbols were objects--like little icons. But you mean that they're stock symbols, right? And you've already deleted the hyperlinks themselves, right? If both are true... Select the range format|Style... And change to Normal (don't use Hyperlink style) If you still have hyperlinks and you want to get rid of them: Select the range that should have the hyperlinks removed hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros live) hit ctrl-g to see the immediate window type this and hit enter: selection.hyperlinks.delete Steve wrote: <<snipped Dave, Sorry for the late reply. Your suggestion doesn't work in my case (maybe because I'm using Excel 2000?). Being more specific, can I change some Excel formatting so that imported stock symbols which appear in Blue and Underlined (like an internet link or URL) are re-formatted as normal text? Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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You could use a macro...
Option Explicit Sub Testme() 'if they're from the Forms toolbar activesheet.checkboxes.delete 'if they're from the control toolbox toolbar: Dim myCBX As OLEObject For Each myCBX In Activesheet.OLEObjects If TypeOf myCBX.Object Is MSForms.CheckBox Then myCBX.Delete End If Next myCBX End Sub If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm Steve wrote: Dave, Quite right, I didn't remove the hyperlink with my format painting, but cut and paste special/values does the job. I can remove individual "symbols" (drop down boxes and check boxes) using your method with the Control Toolbox. But how do I remove 200 check boxes? Steve "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... First, be careful. Changing the format/style of the cell won't remove the hyperlink. It'll just make it so it doesn't look like a hyperlink. Second, show the control toolbox toolbar. In xl2003, it's View|Toolbars|Control toolbox. Click on the Design mode icon on that toolbar. (Let your cursor linger over the icons to see the yellow tooltip to find it.) Then try selecting the checkboxes and dropdowns/comboboxes (and then hit the delete key). Steve wrote: Dave, I confused the issue. 1. I didn't know the name "hyperlink" so couldn't find how to remove them in Excel Help. Embarrassingly, I find I can use the 'Format Painter' to copy simple text formatting to these hyperlinks and make them into text. 2. I do have additional 'check boxes' and one 'drop down box', which I can neither delete nor even select. Thanks for your help. Steve "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I thought your symbols were objects--like little icons. But you mean that they're stock symbols, right? And you've already deleted the hyperlinks themselves, right? If both are true... Select the range format|Style... And change to Normal (don't use Hyperlink style) If you still have hyperlinks and you want to get rid of them: Select the range that should have the hyperlinks removed hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros live) hit ctrl-g to see the immediate window type this and hit enter: selection.hyperlinks.delete Steve wrote: <<snipped Dave, Sorry for the late reply. Your suggestion doesn't work in my case (maybe because I'm using Excel 2000?). Being more specific, can I change some Excel formatting so that imported stock symbols which appear in Blue and Underlined (like an internet link or URL) are re-formatted as normal text? Steve -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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