Hyperlinks are a type of Word field. If hyperlinks are the only type fields
that you have in the pasted text, you can unlink them to plain text with
CTRL+a (select all) and CTRL+Shift+F9.
If you have other fields in your doc e.g., date fields, etc., post back for
a different solution.
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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
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