When you type a value that
resembles an email Id or a web address, Excel tries to be smart and formats the value to a hyper-link and change the font colour to blue with an
underline. While most of the times this is pleasant, few times when I don’t
want a hyper-link to be created or what I typed is just not a mail ID, this puts
me off.
So, what options do we have?
Turn Off the Auto Formatting
If you don’t want Excel to format
any value to hyper-link you can just turn off this feature. Follow the steps
below to do this.
In Excel 2010 or later
File Tab > Options
> Proofing tab > AutoCorrect options > AutoFormat as you type tab > clear the
check box below Replace as you type (i.e.
next to Internet and network paths with
hyperlinks).
Excel 2007
Click the Microsoft office button > Excel Options > Proofing tab > AutoCorrect options > AutoFormat as you type tab > clear the check box below Replace as you type (i.e. next to Internet and network paths with hyperlinks).
In Excel 2003 or earlier
Click the Microsoft office button > Excel Options > Proofing tab > AutoCorrect options > AutoFormat as you type tab > clear the check box below Replace as you type (i.e. next to Internet and network paths with hyperlinks).
In Excel 2003 or earlier
Tools menu > AutoCorrect
options > > AutoFormat as you type tab > clear the check box below Replace as you type (i.e. next to Internet and network paths with hyperlinks).
Follow the same steps but check this
box if you want to enable this feature. This feature was introduced
in Excel 2000 but there is no way to turn off this in that version. Above steps
can be done only in Excel 2002 or later.
Override the Formatting
This is a quick workaround.
Whenever Excel changes the format, just press Ctrl+Z (undo command). You will
get the value you entered without hyper-link.
Enter Value with Apostrophe
You can start typing the text in
to the cell with an apostrophe (‘). Then Excel treats this value as absolute
text and will not try to include hyper-links.
