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Hyperlink Object

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Represents a hyperlink. The Hyperlink object is a member of the Hyperlinks collection and the Shape and ShapeRange objects.

Example

Use the Hyperlink property to return a Hyperlink object associated with a shape (a shape can have only one hyperlink). The following example deletes the hyperlink associated with the first shape in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DeleteHyperlink()
    ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).Hyperlink.Delete
End Sub

Use Hyperlinks(index), where index is the index number, to return a single Hyperlink object from a document, range, or selection. The following example deletes the first hyperlink in the selection.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DeleteSelectedHyperlink()
    If Selection.TextRange.Hyperlinks.Count >= 1 Then
        Selection.TextRange.Hyperlinks(1).Delete
    End If
End Sub

Use the Add method to add a hyperlink. The following example adds a hyperlink to the selected text.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddHyperlinkToSelectedText()
    Selection.TextRange.Hyperlinks.Add Text:=Selection.TextRange, _
        Address:="http://www.tailspintoys.com/"
End Sub

Use the Address property to add or change the address to a hyperlink. The following example adds a shape to the active publication and then adds a hyperlink to the shape.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddHyperlinkToShape()
    With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddShape _
        (Type:=msoShape5pointStar, Left:=200, _
        Top:=200, Width:=300, Height:=300)
        .Hyperlink.Address = "http://www.tailspintoys.com/"
    End With
End Sub

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