Back in the Windows XP days, you could easily add Control Panel to My Computer with a simple checkbox in the folder view settings. Windows 7 and Vista don’t make this quite as easy, but there’s still a way to get it back.

To make this tweak, we’ll be doing a quick registry hack, but there’s a downloadable version provided as well.

Manual Registry Tweak to Add Control Panel

Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows
CurrentVersionExplorerMyComputerNameSpace

Now that you’re there, you’ll need to right-click and create a new key…

If you want to add the regular Control Panel view, with the categories, you’ll need to use one GUID as the name of the key. If you want the icon view instead, you can use the other key. Here they are:

• Category View:? {26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}
• Icon View: {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Once you’re done, it should look like this:

Now over in the Computer view, just hit the F5 key to refresh the panel, and you should see the new icon pop up in the list:

Now when you click on the icon you’ll be taken to Control Panel. If you didn’t know how to change the view before, you can use the drop-down box on the right-hand side to switch between Category and icon view.

Downloadable Registry Hack

Rather than deal with manual registry editing, you can simply download the file, extract it, and then either double-click on the AddCategoryControlPanel.reg to add the Category view icon, or AddIconControlPanel.reg to add the other icon. There’s an uninstall script provided for each.

Download ControlPanelMyComputer Registry Hack from howtogeek.com

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Are you wanting a browser that can work as a social hub from the first moment that you start it up? If you love the idea of a browser that is ready to go out of the box then join us as we look at Flock.

During the Install Process

When you are installing Flock there are two install windows that you should watch for. The first one lets you choose between the “Express Setup & Custom Setup”. We recommend the “Custom Setup”.

Once you have selected the “Custom Setup” you can choose which of the following options will enabled. Notice the “anonymous usage statistics” option at the bottom…you can choose to leave this enabled or disable it based on your comfort level.

The First Look

When you start Flock up for the first time it will open with three tabs. All three are of interest…especially if this is your first time using Flock. With the first tab you can jump right into “logging in/activating” favorite social services within Flock. This page is set to display each time that you open Flock unless you deselect the option in the lower left corner.

The second tab provides a very nice overview of Flock and its’ built-in social management power.

The third and final page can be considered a “Personal Page”. You can make some changes to the content displayed for quick and easy access and/or monitoring “Twitter Search, Favorite Feeds, Favorite Media, Friend Activity, & Favorite Sites”.

Use the “Widget Menu” in the upper left corner to select the “Personal Page Components” that you would like to use.

In the upper right corner there is a built-in “Search Bar” and buttons for “Posting to Your Blog & Uploading Media”.

To help personalize the “My World Page” just a bit more you can even change the text to your name or whatever best suits your needs.

The Flock Toolbar

The “Flock Toolbar” is full of social account management goodness. In order from left to right the buttons are: My World (Homepage), Open People Sidebar, Open Media Bar, Open Feeds Sidebar, Webmail, Open Favorites Sidebar, Open Accounts and Services Sidebar, Open Web Clipboard Sidebar, Open Blog Editor, & Open Photo Uploader.

The buttons will be “highlighted” with a blue background to help indicate which area you are in. The first area will display a listing of people that you are watching/following at the services shown here.

Clicking on the “Media Bar Button” will display the following “Media Slider Bar” above your “Tab Bar”. Notice that there is a built-in “Search Bar” on the right side. Any photos, etc. clicked on will be opened in the currently focused tab below the “Media Bar”.

Here is a listing of the “Media Streams” available for viewing.

By default Flock will come with a small selection of pre-subscribed RSS Feeds. You can easily unsubscribe, rearrange, add custom folders, or non-categorized feeds as desired. RSS Feeds subscribed to here can be viewed combined together as a single feed (clickable links) in the “My World Page”. or can be viewed individually in a new tab. Very nice!

Next on the “Flock Toolbar is the “Webmail Button”. You can set up access to your favorite “Yahoo!, Gmail, & AOL Mail” accounts from here.

The “Favorites Sidebar” combines your “Browser History & Bookmarks” into one convenient location.

The “Accounts and Services Sidebar” gives you quick and easy access to get logged into your favorite social accounts. Clicking on any of the links will open that particular service’s login page in a new tab.

Want to store items such as photos, links, and text to add into a blog post or tweet later on? Just drag and drop them into the “Web Clipboard Sidebar” for later access.

Clicking on the “Blog Editor Button” will open up a separate blogging window to compose your posts in. If you have not logged into or set up an account yet in Flock you will see the following message window.

The “Blogging Window”…nice, simple, and straightforward.

If you are not already logged into your photo account(s) then you will see the following message window when you click on the “Photo Uploader Button”. Clicking “OK” will open the “Accounts and Services Sidebar” with compatible photo services highlighted in a light yellow color. Log in to your favorite service to start uploading all those great images.

After Setting Up

Here is what our browser looked like after setting up some of our favorite services. The Twitter feed is certainly looking nice and easy to read through…

Some tweaking in the “RSS Feeds Sidebar” makes for a perfect reading experience.

Keeping up with our e-mail is certainly easy to do too.

A look back at the “Accounts and Services Sidebar” shows that all of our accounts are actively logged in (green dot on the right side).

Going back to our “My World Page” you can see how nice everything looks for monitoring our “Friend Activity & Favorite Feeds”.

Moving on to regular browsing everything is looking very good… Flock is a perfect choice for anyone wanting a browser and social hub all built into a single app.

Conclusion

Anyone who loves keeping up with their favorite social services while browsing will find using Flock to be a wonderful experience. You literally get the best of both worlds with this browser.

Links

Download Flock

The Official Flock Extensions Homepage

The Official Flock Toolbar Homepage

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If you’ve just updated to the Dev or Beta release of Google Chrome, you might have noticed that a special version of Adobe Flash is now integrated into the default distribution of Chrome. But what about your old plug-in?

As it turns out, the old plug-in is generally still installed… but you can easily disable Chrome plug-ins in the latest version, so let’s get to work.

Disable the Extra Flash Plug-in

Head over to about:plugins and look through the list—you should notice two Shockwave Flash plugins. The first one should be in your Google Chrome installation folder, and has the filename gcswf32.dll. This is the NEW one, so don’t disable it!

If you keep scrollling down, you’ll see the old one, with the file name NPSWF32.dll. This is the OLD plugin, and you can safely disable it.

Of course, if you only use Chrome you could just completely uninstall Adobe Flash from your system by heading into Control Panel’s Uninstall Programs screen, and then finding and uninstalling Adobe Flash Player Plugin. The ActiveX version is for Internet Explorer.

We’ve not done any testing to see if the old Flash plugin is even still active or not, but may as well disable it just to be sure, right?

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Windows Media Center is a nice application for managing and displaying your personal photos, but you may occasionally need to make some basic edits to your pictures. Today we’ll take a look at how to crop, edit, and print photos right from Windows 7 Media Center.

From within the Picture Library in Windows Media Center, choose a photo to work with, right-click and select Picture Details. You can also access this option with a Media Center remote by clicking the “i” button. Note: You’ll notice you have the option to rotate the picture from this menu. It is also available on the next screen.?

Rotate a picture

Now you’ll see more options on the Picture Details screen. From here you can rotate, Print, or Touch Up, Delete, or Burn a CD/DVD. To rotate the picture, simple select Rotate. Note: If you want your photo saved with the new orientation, you’ll need to select Save from the Touch Up screen that we will look at later in the article.

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Each click will rotate the picture 90 degrees clockwise. You’ll see the new orientation of the picture displayed on the Picture Details screen after you have clicked Rotate.

Print a picture

From the Picture Details screen, select Print.

Click Print again. Media Center automatically prints to your default printer, so make sure your desired target printer is set as default.

Crop and Edit Photos

To edit or crop your photo, select Touch Up.

Touch Up options includes, Crop, Contrast, and Red Eye removal. First, we’ll select the Crop button to crop our photo.

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You will see a cropping area overlay appear on your photo.

Select one of the buttons below to adjust the location, size, and orientation of the area to be cropped.

When you’re happy with your selection, click Save.

You’ll be prompted to confirm your save. Click Yes to permanently save your edits.

You can also apply Contrast or Red Eye adjustments to your photos. There aren’t any advanced settings for these options. You merely toggle the Contrast or Red Eye on or off by selecting the option.

Be sure to click Save before exiting to if you’ve made any changes you wish to permanently apply to the photos. This includes rotating the images.

While this method is not likely to be replace your favorite image editing software, it does give you the ability to make basic edits and print photos directly from Windows Media Center. With a Media Center remote, you can even do all your edits from the comfort of your recliner.

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Are you new to the ribbon interface in Office 2010?? Here’s how you can get up to speed and learn where everything is quickly and easily.

Microsoft has made an interactive guide to Office 2010’s new interface to help users learn their way around the new version.? If you’ve already used Office 2007, then Office 2010 will be very easy to transition to, but if you’re still using Office 2003 you may find the learning curve more steep.? With this interactive guide, upgrading your Office skills doesn’t have to be hard.

Learn Your Way Around the Office Ribbon

Open the Office 2010 interactive guides site (link below) in your browser, and select the Office app you want to explore.

The guides are powered by Silverlight, so if you don’t already have it installed you will be prompted to do so.

Once the guide has loaded, click Start to begin.

Select any menu or toolbar item in the Office 2003 mockup.? A tooltip will appear to show you how to find this option in Word 2010.

If you click the item, the interface will switch to an Office 2010 mockup and will interactively show you how to access this feature.? The Thumbnails view isn’t available by default in Word 2010, so it shows us how to add it to the ribbon.? When you’ve figured this command out, click anywhere to go back to the Office 2003 mockup and find another item.

Currently the guides are available for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, but the site says that guides for the other Office apps will be available soon.? Here’s the PowerPoint guide showing where the Rehearse Timings option is in PowerPoint 2010.

Install the Interactive Guides to Your Computer

You can also install the guides to your computer so you can easily access them even if you’re not online.? Open the guide you want to install, and click the Install button in the top right corner of the guide.

Choose where you want the shortcuts, and click Ok.

Here’s the Interactive Word 2010 guide installed on our computer.? The downloaded version seemed to work faster in our tests, likely because all the content was already saved to the computer.? If you decide you don’t need it any more, click Uninstall in the top right corner.

Download Office Cheat Sheets

If you’d like a cheat-sheet of Office commands that have changed or are new in Office 2010, Microsoft’s got that for you, too.? You can download Office reference workbooks (link below) that show how to access each item that was in Office 2003’s menus.? Here’s the Word guide showing where each of Word 2003’s commands from the help menu are in Word 2010.

Learn Your Way Around Office 2007, Too!

Microsoft offers similar interactive guides for learning the ribbon in Office 2007, so if you’re still using Office 2007 but can’t find a command, feel free to check it out as well (link below).? Guides are available for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook 2007.? You can also download cheat sheets for Office 2007 at this site as well.? Here’s the tutorial showing us where the font options are in PowerPoint 2007.

Conclusion

We have found the ribbon interface to be a great addition to Office, but if you’ve got years of Office 2003 experience under your belt you may find it difficult to locate your favorite commands.? These tutorials can help you use your old Office knowledge to learn Office 2010 or 2007 in a quick and easy way!

Links

Office 2010 interactive guide

Download Office 2010 reference workbooks

Office 2007 interactive guide

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Want to easily access folders and files from different folders without maintaining duplicate copies?? Here’s how you can use Symbolic Links to link anything in Windows 7, Vista, XP, and Ubuntu.

So What Are Symbolic Links Anyway?

Symbolic links, otherwise known as symlinks, are basically advanced shortcuts. You can create symbolic links to individual files or folders, and then these will appear like they are stored in the folder with the symbolic link even though the symbolic link only points to their real location.

There are two types of symbolic links: hard and soft. Soft symbolic links work essentially the same as a standard shortcut.? When you open a soft link, you will be redirected to the folder where the files are stored.? However, a hard link makes it appear as though the file or folder actually exists at the location of the symbolic link, and your applications won’t know any different. Thus, hard links are of the most interest in this article.

Why should I use Symbolic Links?

There are many things we use symbolic links for, so here’s some of the top uses we can think of:

• Sync any folder with Dropbox – say, sync your Pidgin Profile Across Computers
• Move the settings folder for any program from its original location
• Store your Music/Pictures/Videos on a second hard drive, but make them show up in your standard Music/Pictures/Videos folders so they’ll be detected my your media programs (Windows 7 Libraries can also be good for this)
• Keep important files accessible from multiple locations
• And more!

If you want to move files to a different drive or folder and then symbolically link them, follow these steps:

• Close any programs that may be accessing that file or folder
• Move the file or folder to the new desired location
• Follow the correct instructions below for your operating system to create the symbolic link.

Caution: Make sure to never create a symbolic link inside of a symbolic link. For instance, don’t create a symbolic link to a file that’s contained in a symbolic linked folder. This can create a loop, which can cause millions of problems you don’t want to deal with. Seriously.

Create Symlinks in Any Edition of Windows in Explorer

Creating symlinks is usually difficult, but thanks to the free Link Shell Extension, you can create symbolic links in all modern version of Windows pain-free.? You need to download both Visual Studio 2005 redistributable, which contains the necessary prerequisites, and Link Shell Extension itself (links below).? Download the correct version (32 bit or 64 bit) for your computer.

Run and install the Visual Studio 2005 Redistributable installer first.

Then install the Link Shell Extension on your computer. Your taskbar will temporally disappear during the install, but will quickly come back.

Now you’re ready to start creating symbolic links.? Browse to the folder or file you want to create a symbolic link from.? Right-click the folder or file and select Pick Link Source.

To create your symlink, right-click in the folder you wish to save the symbolic link, select “Drop as…”, and then choose the type of link you want.? You can choose from several different options here; we chose the Hardlink Clone.? This will create a hard link to the file or folder we selected.? The Symbolic link option creates a soft link, while the smart copy will fully copy a folder containing symbolic links without breaking them.? These options can be useful as well.

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Here’s our hard-linked folder on our desktop.? Notice that the folder looks like its contents are stored in DesktopDownloads, when they are actually stored in C:UsersMatthewDesktopDownloads.? Also, when links are created with the Link Shell Extension, they have a red arrow on them so you can still differentiate them.

And, this works the same way in XP as well.

Symlinks via Command Prompt

Or, for geeks who prefer working via command line, here’s how you can create symlinks in Command Prompt in Windows 7/Vista and XP.

In Windows 7/Vista

In Windows Vista and 7, we’ll use the mklink command to create symbolic links.? To use it, we have to open an administrator Command Prompt.? Enter “command” in your start menu search, right-click on Command Prompt, and select “Run as administrator”.

To create a symbolic link, we need to enter the following in command prompt:

mklink /prefix link_path file/folder_path

First, choose the correct prefix.? Mklink can create several types of links, including the following:

• /D – creates a soft symbolic link, which is similar to a standard folder or file shortcut in Windows.? This is the default option, and mklink will use it if you do not enter a prefix.
• /H – creates a hard link to a file
• /J – creates a hard link to a directory or folder

So, once you’ve chosen the correct prefix, you need to enter the path you want for the symbolic link, and the path to the original file or folder.? For example, if I wanted a folder in my Dropbox folder to appear like it was also stored in my desktop, I would enter the following:

mklink /J C:UsersMatthewDesktopDropbox C:UsersMatthewDocumentsDropbox

Note that the first path was to the symbolic folder I wanted to create, while the second path was to the real folder.

Here, in this command prompt screenshot, you can see that I created a symbolic link of my Music folder to my desktop.

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And here’s how it looks in Explorer.? Note that all of my music is “really” stored in C:UsersMatthewMusic, but here it looks like it is stored in C:UsersMatthewDesktopMusic.

If your path has any spaces in it, you need to place quotes around it.? Note also that the link can have a different name than the file it links to.? For example, here I’m going to create a symbolic link to a document on my desktop:

mklink /H “C:UsersMatthewDesktopebook.pdf”? “C:UsersMatthewDownloadsBefore You Call Tech Support.pdf”

Don’t forget the syntax:

mklink /prefix link_path Target_file/folder_path

In Windows XP

Windows XP doesn’t include built-in command prompt support for symbolic links, but we can use the free Junction tool instead.? Download Junction (link below), and unzip the folder.? Now open Command Prompt (click Start, select All Programs, then Accessories, and select Command Prompt), and enter cd followed by the path of the folder where you saved Junction.

Junction only creates hard symbolic links, since you can use shortcuts for soft ones.? To create a hard symlink, we need to enter the following in command prompt:

junction –s link_path file/folder_path

As with mklink in Windows 7 or Vista, if your file/folder path has spaces in it make sure to put quotes around your paths.? Also, as usual, your symlink can have a different name that the file/folder it points to.

Here, we’re going to create a symbolic link to our My Music folder on the desktop.? We entered:

junction -s “C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorDesktopMusic” “C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy DocumentsMy Music”

And here’s the contents of our symlink.? Note that the path looks like these files are stored in a Music folder directly on the Desktop, when they are actually stored in My DocumentsMy Music.? Once again, this works with both folders and individual files.

Please Note: Junction would work the same in Windows 7 or Vista, but since they include a built-in symbolic link tool we found it better to use it on those versions of Windows.

Symlinks in Ubuntu

Unix-based operating systems have supported symbolic links since their inception, so it is straightforward to create symbolic links in Linux distros such as Ubuntu.? There’s no graphical way to create them like the Link Shell Extension for Windows, so we’ll just do it in Terminal.

Open terminal (open the Applications menu, select Accessories, and then click Terminal), and enter the following:

ln –s file/folder_path link_path

Note that this is opposite of the Windows commands; you put the source for the link first, and then the path second.

For example, let’s create a symbolic link of our Pictures folder in our Desktop.? To do this, we entered:

ln -s /home/maguay/Pictures /home/maguay/Desktop

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Once again, here is the contents of our symlink folder.? The pictures look as if they’re stored directly in a Pictures folder on the Desktop, but they are actually stored in maguayPictures.

Delete Symlinks

Removing symbolic links is very simple – just delete the link!? Most of the command line utilities offer a way to delete a symbolic link via command prompt, but you don’t need to go to the trouble.

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Conclusion

Symbolic links can be very handy, and we use them constantly to help us stay organized and keep our hard drives from overflowing.? Let us know how you use symbolic links on your computers!

Download Link Shell Extension for Windows 7, Vista, and XP

Download Junction for XP

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Do you actually use the Windows 7 power management features? If so, have you ever wanted to just delete one of the built-in power plans? Here’s how you can do so, and why you probably should leave it alone.

Just in case you’re new to the party, we’re talking about the power plans that you see when you click on the battery/plug icon in the system tray. The problem is that one of the built-in plans always shows up there, even if you only use custom plans.

When you go to “More power options” on the menu there, you’ll be taken to a list of them, but you’ll be unable to get rid of any of the built-in ones, even if you have your own.

You can actually delete the power plans, but it will probably cause problems, so we highly recommend against it. If you still want to proceed, keep reading.

Delete Built-in Power Plans in Windows 7

Open up an Administrator mod command prompt by right-clicking on the command prompt and choosing “Run as Administrator”, then type in the following command, which will show you a whole list of the plans.

powercfg list

Do you see that really long GUID code in the middle of each listing? That’s what we’re going to need for the next step. To make it easier, we’ll provide the codes here, just in case you don’t know how to copy to the clipboard from the command prompt.

Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e? (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c? (High performance)
Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a? (Power saver)

Before you do any deleting, what you’re going to want to do is export the plan to a file using the –export parameter. For some unknown reason, I used the .xml extension when I did this, though the file isn’t in XML format. Moving on… here’s the syntax of the command:

powercfg –export balanced.xml 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e

This will export the Balanced plan to the file balanced.xml.

And now, we can delete the plan by using the –delete parameter, and the same GUID.?

powercfg –delete 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e

If you want to import the plan again, you can use the -import parameter, though it has one weirdness—you have to specify the full path to the file, like this:

powercfg –import c:balanced.xml

Using what you’ve learned, you can export each of the plans to a file, and then delete the ones you want to delete.

Why Shouldn’t You Do This?

Very simple. Stuff will break. On my test machine, for example, I removed all of the built-in plans, and then imported them all back in, but I’m still getting this error anytime I try to access the panel to choose what the power buttons do:

There’s a lot more error messages, but I’m not going to waste your time with all of them. So if you want to delete the plans, do so at your own peril. At least you’ve been warned!

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There’s a lot of start page plug-ins for Google Chrome, but if you’re an Ubuntu Forums enthusiast, you might be interested in the powerful UbuntuForums.org Start Page extension.

Using the Ubuntu Forums Chrome Start Page

Once you’ve installed the extension and opened a new tab, you’ll notice quite a difference from the boring default “New Tab Page”. While you may look at this and wonder if what you see is all that there is to it, there’s actually a lot of hidden customization and functionality.

The upper left corner is where you will control the content displayed in the “Ubuntu New Tab Page”. The “Buttons Toolbar” that you see at the top lets you shift between the types of content viewed, from RSS feeds to bookmarks and more.

This entire set of links provides direct links to the appropriate section in the Ubuntu Forums. As with the set of links pictured above each of these will open in a new tab when clicked on.

There’s even a feature to browse wallpapers from DesktopNexus with categories on the left and pictures to the right. If you want to return to the regular layout you should use the “Start Page Link” highlighted here.

Options

The options will allow you to customize the colors shown in the “Ubuntu New Tab Page” to create a very nice match to your current browser and/or system theme if desired. You can also do some customization to the fonts, “Bookmark Shortcuts”, and populate the “Custom Links Section” in the main page.

Conclusion

If you are an Ubuntu enthusiast then this will be a very useful extension to add to your browser. The wealth of direct links and built-in functionality make this extension worth trying.

Links

Download the Ubuntuforums.org Start Page extension (Google Chrome Extensions)

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If you like to tweak and customize IE with Add-ons and changing settings, sometimes you may have problems with stability. To save time, you can reset all of the IE settings rather than trying to troubleshoot individual areas.

Reset IE Settings

To reset Internet Explorer Settings, click on Tools then Internet Options. When you reset the settings, you won’t lose personal settings like your homepage, search provider, passwords…etc.

The Internet Options screen opens…click on the Advanced tab, then under Reset Internet Explorer settings click on the Reset button.

You’ll need to verify that you want to reset all Internet Explorer Settings. If you choose to, you can delete all of your personal settings as well, but it shouldn’t be necessary to fix stability issues.

The settings will start to reset, and when it’s finished close out of the message box.

For the process to complete you’ll need to restart Internet Explorer.

When it restarts you’ll be presented with the Welcome screen where you can go through the setup wizard again.

After it’s complete, you should be back in business and can start using IE again.

With the new enhancements and features available in Internet Explorer 8, sometimes too much tweaking can cause it to stop working. One area you could start with is troubleshooting IE 8 Add-ons. However, if you don’t want to waste time troubleshooting each potential issue, sometimes it’s just easier to reset things back to how they were originally.

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Sometimes when you copy text from a webpage and paste it into Word, it can be annoying when the hyperlinks transfer with it. Today we take a look at how to easily remove the hyperlinks if you don’t want them in the document.

Here we will cover a few different ways you can remove hyperlinks from emails or webpage data that you enter into a Word document using Paste Special and Keyboard Shortcuts.

Remove Hyperlinks in Word Using Paste Special

In Word 2010 we copied part of an article from How-To Geek, as you can see the hyperlinks were copied into the document as well.

To remove the hyperlinks right-click on the document and you’ll see three icons under Paste Options.

We want to select the third one to the right which is Keep Text Only…the text in in the document changes so you can get a preview of how it will look.

After selecting Keep Text Only, you can see the hyperlinks have been removed. However, you’ll need to change the fonts and other layouts if you’re not happy with the default of Calibri.

In Office 2007 under the Home tab click the dropdown menu under Paste and select Paste Special.

In the Paste Special screen select Unformatted Text then click OK.

In Office 2003 copy the text into the document, hover your mouse over the clipboard, click the dropdown menu, then select Keep Text Only.

Keyboard Ninja Style

If you’re a Keyboard Ninja, an easy way to remove all hyperlinks is to use “Ctrl+A” to select everything, then use the key combination “Ctrl+Shift+F9”…We tested this key combination and it works in Word 2003-2010.

This will remove all of the hyperlinks and keep the original format of the text.

Conclusion

There are several different ways to get rid of hyperlinks in text pasted into Word documents. The method you use will depend on your preference and the version of Word you’re using…but the “Ctrl+Shift+F9” keyboard shortcut works in all versions of Word and might be the easiest way. If you always want just text in Word 2007, you can disable automatically disable them.

If you have a different method you use to remove hyperlinks from Word documents, leave a comment and let us know!

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