Disabling Hyperlink in Word Processer/Spreadsheet

Factual Questions
1

Anyone know if there are any presets you can alter so that if you type an email address or website in Word, Excel, Pages & Numbers so that they’re not hyperlinks?

Also, if not, I’ve been doing the ol’ change the color from blue to black and un-underline it, but it still remains a hyperlink. If I change all of that, is there anyway to just make it so it wont open a browser window and just be plain text? Other than breaking the link. It’s really becoming a pain in the arse!

Thanks, my brainy little angels!

2

To unlink one that’s already there, right-click on it and choose “edit hyperlink” or “remove hyperlink”, something like that. That turns it into plain text.

3

Go to the AutoCorrect / AutoFormat options and under “Replace as you type” uncheck “Internet and network paths with hyperlinks”.

4

To generalize, many of Word’s most frustrating behaviors (“why does this %&$& software think it knows what I want? Grrr!”) can be disabled under AutoFormat and AutoFormat As You Type.

…as of Word 2003, anyway. I’m not familiar with Word 2007.

5

You can also copy and paste something back to itself with “paste special” and past it as unformatted text.

6

Dumb question probably, but I’m on a MacBook and have no clue how to right click…I tried apple(command)-clicking and it opened a mail message, just as before!

7

Also, a global removal of hyperlinks (in Word 2003, at least, don’t know about 2007) can be done by selecting the text and pressing CTRL-SHIFT-F9.