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Converting text URLs to hyperlinked URLs

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    Converting text URLs to hyperlinked URLs

    I have a client who sends me a listing of their branch offices' hyperlinks for processing, but they are always in text. Maybe they are coming in from a database or something, I really don't know. The list is in perfect vertical order on the Excel spreadsheets, but each link is not "hot", only text. I know that I can hi-light each one, hit the spacebar and Exel converts it into a hot hyperlink, but this is becoming seriously tedious. I searched the forum and found this, which seems to be close to my problem:
    http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...lain-text.html

    The problem is that I know nothing about macros so I don't understand the explanation. I am picturing, maybe, hi-lighting the entire page list, and using a "miracle" key combination to convert the whole thing into hyperlinks at one crack. Or something. Can anyone step me through setting up a page so that I can easily convert these lists of text URLs into hyperlinked URLs?

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    Re: Converting text URLs to hyperlinked URLs

    Hello ranchhand,

    This macro will restore the hyperlinks in a single column on the active sheet. When run, the macro will prompt you to select the cells you want to convert. After you have selected the cells, click "OK" and your done.

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    Adding the Macro
    1. Copy the macro above pressing the keys CTRL+C
    2. Open your workbook
    3. Press the keys ALT+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor
    4. Press the keys ALT+I to activate the Insert menu
    5. Press M to insert a Standard Module
    6. Paste the code by pressing the keys CTRL+V
    7. Make any custom changes to the macro if needed at this time.
    8. Save the Macro by pressing the keys CTRL+S
    9. Press the keys ALT+Q to exit the Editor, and return to Excel.

    To Run the Macro...
    To run the macro from Excel, open the workbook, and press ALT+F8 to display the Run Macro Dialog. Double Click the macro's name to Run it.
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    Re: Converting text URLs to hyperlinked URLs

    Hey Leith, that did it. What a relief!! Thank you very much for the prompt and spot-on help. I apologize, but I clicked on the scales and I get a pop-up box, something about reputation points (?). I would like to post as solved but I can't get past that "reputation" box and I don't understand what it is asking or what reputation points are. Sorry.

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