XL98: No Menu Choice to Select All Hyperlinks

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1. Create a new workbook in Microsoft Excel.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
3. In the Visual Basic Editor, click Module on the Insert menu.
4. Type the following code into the module:

          'This Sub procedure deletes all hyperlinks in the active worksheet.
         Sub DeleteAllHyperlinks()
             For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
                 xLink.Delete
             Next xLink
         End Sub
   
         'This Sub procedure displays a series of message boxes indicating
         'the location of each hyperlink in the active worksheet.
         Sub ReportHyperlinkLocations()
             For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
                 MsgBox xLink.Range.Address
             Next xLink
         End Sub
   
         'This Sub procedure identifies each hyperlink and asks if you want
         'to delete it. If you click Yes, the hyperlink is deleted.
         Sub ReportAndDeleteHyperlinks()
             For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
                 Response = MsgBox("Delete hyperlink in cell " & _
                     xLink.Range.Address & " ?", vbYesNo)
                 If Response = vbYes Then xLink.Delete
             Next xLink
         End Sub
   
         'This Sub procedure selects all cells in the worksheet that contain
         'hyperlinks. You can then clear the selected cells to delete all of
         'the hyperlinks.
         Sub SelectAllHyperlinkCells()
             FirstCell = 1
             For Each xLink In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
                 If FirstCell = 1 Then
                     Set xRange = xLink.Range
                     FirstCell = 0
                 Else
                     Set xRange = Application.Union(xRange, xLink.Range)
                 End If
             Next xLink
             xRange.Select
         End Sub
   						

5. On the File menu, click "Close and Return To Microsoft Excel."

If you insert some hyperlinks into your worksheet, you can try running the different macros by pointing to Macro on the Tools menu and clicking Macros. Then, select the name of the macro to run, and click Run.