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5000 hyperlinks at once?

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June 12, 2017
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I need to make over 5000 hyperlinks.

Text string starts with A and after that there is 6 numbers, like A123456 it should go to URL "https://examplesite.com/#!code= A123456".

Can I use find command to make all to hyperlinks at once? I know I can find them by using wildcards A^9^9^9^9^9^9" but I can't figure out how to make them a hyperlinks at once. It takes ages to make it one by one

Thanks a lot!

Mikko

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Correct answer Kasyan Servetsky

This can be done by a script.

Here's a script I wrote for a similar situation. It's not clear to me if you have the whole URL, or only text like A123456 in your file. If the latter, you probably have a sort of 'database' file -- txt/csv/Excel/Access/etc. -- mapping names to URLs. In this case, this script may come in handy to you.

— Kas

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Have you tried:

Type > Hyperlinks & Cross-references > Convert URLs to Hyperlinks?

Ariel

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MikkoHeikkinenAuthor

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It does not work. They are not URLs but text with style. See screen capture:

All those bolded underlined text should be hyperlinks.

Kasyan ServetskyCorrect answer

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This can be done by a script.

Here's a script I wrote for a similar situation. It's not clear to me if you have the whole URL, or only text like A123456 in your file. If the latter, you probably have a sort of 'database' file -- txt/csv/Excel/Access/etc. -- mapping names to URLs. In this case, this script may come in handy to you.

— Kas

Barb Binder

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Hi Mikko.

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