Include the URL of all hyperlinks in the document's text
In an effort to go "all txt" I need to find a way to make the links in .doc
files visible in the text, so that the URLs will remain accessible when I paste the the text into .txt
documents.
Will any feature in Pages, Word or OpenOffice allow me to have all the URLs' hyperlinks in a document written beside the hyperlink, in the text? In something like a description[link]
pattern.
In some cases there is no description in the link, only the URL. Duplication in these cases would not be problematic.
Solution 1:
If use have basic Word documents, catdoc
will probably achieve what you need. It's easy to install on OS X through Homebrew, running brew install catdoc
.
Let's convert this Word file.
The output is:
$ catdoc test.doc
This is HYPERLINK "http://www.example.com" a hyperlink .
As you can see, the hyperlink is placed before the description, and the field code can be removed by a simple search and replace for HYPERLINK
(note the spaces).