![Hyperlink](https://cdn.e-iceblue.com/components/com_k2/images/placeholder/category.png)
Hyperlink (2)
Hyperlinks are a useful tool for connecting and navigating between different sections of your document or external resources such as websites or files. However, there may be instances where you need to modify the hyperlinks in your Word document. For example, you may need to update the text or URL of a hyperlink to ensure accuracy, or change the appearance of a hyperlink to improve visibility. In this article, you will learn how to update or change hyperlinks in a Word document in Python using Spire.Doc for Python.
- Update a Hyperlink in a Word Document in Python
- Change the Appearance of a Hyperlink in a Word Document in Python
Install Spire.Doc for Python
This scenario requires Spire.Doc for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip command.
pip install Spire.Doc
If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Doc for Python on Windows
Update a Hyperlink in a Word Document in Python
A hyperlink is recognized as a FormField object by Spire.Doc for Python. In order to modify a specific hyperlink, we need to retrieve all hyperlinks in the document and get the desired one by its index. The display text and URL of a hyperlink can be reset by the FormField.Text property and the FormField.Code property. The following are the steps to update a hyperlink in a Word document using Spire.Doc for Python.
- Create a Document object.
- Load a Word file using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Loop through the elements in the document to find all hyperlinks.
- Get a specific hyperlink from the hyperlink collection.
- Update the display text of the hyperlink through FormField.FieldText property.
- Update the URL of the hyperlink through FormField.Code property.
- Save the document to a different Word file using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import * from spire.doc.common import * # Create a Document object doc = Document() # Load a Word file doc.LoadFromFile("C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/input.docx") # Find all hyperlinks in the document hyperlinks = [] for i in range(doc.Sections.Count): section = doc.Sections.get_Item(i) for j in range(section.Body.ChildObjects.Count): sec = section.Body.ChildObjects.get_Item(j) if sec.DocumentObjectType == DocumentObjectType.Paragraph: for k in range((sec if isinstance(sec, Paragraph) else None).ChildObjects.Count): para = (sec if isinstance(sec, Paragraph) else None).ChildObjects.get_Item(k) if para.DocumentObjectType == DocumentObjectType.Field: field = para if isinstance(para, Field) else None if field.Type == FieldType.FieldHyperlink: hyperlinks.append(field) # Get a specific hyperlink hyperlink = hyperlinks[0] # Update the display text of the hyperlink hyperlink.FieldText = "HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE" # Update the URL of the hyperlink hyperlink.Code ="HYPERLINK \"" + "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML" + "\"" # Save the document to a docx file doc.SaveToFile("output/UpdateHyperlink.docx", FileFormat.Docx) doc.Close()
Change the Appearance of a Hyperlink in a Word Document in Python
After a hyperlink is obtained, it's easy to change the appearance of it through the FormField.CharacterFormat object. Specifically, the CharacterFormat object offers the properties such as TextColor, FontName, FontSize, UnderlineStyle to change the style of the characters of a hyperlink. The following are the detailed steps.
- Create a Document object.
- Load a Word file using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Loop through the elements in the document to find all hyperlinks.
- Get a specific hyperlink from the hyperlink collection.
- Change the appearance of the hyperlink through the properties under FormField.CharacterFormat object.
- Save the document to a different Word file using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import * from spire.doc.common import * # Create a Document object doc = Document() # Load a Word file doc.LoadFromFile("C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/input.docx") # Find all hyperlinks in the Word document hyperlinks = [] for i in range(doc.Sections.Count): section = doc.Sections.get_Item(i) for j in range(section.Body.ChildObjects.Count): sec = section.Body.ChildObjects.get_Item(j) if sec.DocumentObjectType == DocumentObjectType.Paragraph: for k in range((sec if isinstance(sec, Paragraph) else None).ChildObjects.Count): para = (sec if isinstance(sec, Paragraph) else None).ChildObjects.get_Item(k) if para.DocumentObjectType == DocumentObjectType.Field: field = para if isinstance(para, Field) else None if field.Type == FieldType.FieldHyperlink: hyperlinks.append(field) # Get a specific hyperlink hyperlink = hyperlinks[0] # Change the appearance of the hyperlink hyperlink.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineStyle.none hyperlink.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.get_Purple() hyperlink.CharacterFormat.Bold = True # Save the document to a docx file doc.SaveToFile("output/ChangeAppearance.docx", FileFormat.Docx) doc.Close()
Apply for a Temporary License
If you'd like to remove the evaluation message from the generated documents, or to get rid of the function limitations, please request a 30-day trial license for yourself.
Hyperlinks are an essential component of creating dynamic and interactive Word documents. By linking specific text or objects to other documents, web pages, email addresses, or specific locations within the same document, hyperlinks allow users to navigate through information seamlessly. In this article, you will learn how to add or remove hyperlinks in a Word document in Python using Spire.Doc for Python.
Install Spire.Doc for Python
This scenario requires Spire.Doc for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip command.
pip install Spire.Doc
If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Doc for Python on Windows
Add Hyperlinks to Word in Python
Spire.Doc for Python offers the Paragraph.AppendHyperlink() method to add a web link, an email link, a file link, or a bookmark link to a piece of text or an image inside a paragraph. The following are the detailed steps.
- Create a Document object.
- Add a section and a paragraph to it.
- Insert a hyperlink based on text using Paragraph.AppendHyerplink(link: str, text: str, type: HyperlinkType) method.
- Add an image to the paragraph using Paragraph.AppendPicture() method.
- Insert a hyperlink based on the image using Paragraph.AppendHyerplink(link: str, picture: DocPicture, type: HyperlinkType) method.
- Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import * from spire.doc.common import * # Create a Word document doc = Document() # Add a section section = doc.AddSection() # Add a paragraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph() paragraph.AppendHyperlink("https://www-iceblue.com/", "Home Page", HyperlinkType.WebLink) # Append line breaks paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) # Add an email link paragraph.AppendHyperlink("mailto:support@e-iceblue.com", "Mail Us", HyperlinkType.EMailLink) # Append line breaks paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) # Add a file link filePath = "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\report.xlsx" paragraph.AppendHyperlink(filePath, "Click to open the report", HyperlinkType.FileLink) # Append line breaks paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) # Add another section and create a bookmark section2 = doc.AddSection() bookmarkParagrapg = section2.AddParagraph() bookmarkParagrapg.AppendText("Here is a bookmark") start = bookmarkParagrapg.AppendBookmarkStart("myBookmark") bookmarkParagrapg.Items.Insert(0, start) bookmarkParagrapg.AppendBookmarkEnd("myBookmark") # Link to the bookmark paragraph.AppendHyperlink("myBookmark", "Jump to a location inside this document", HyperlinkType.Bookmark) # Append line breaks paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak) # Add an image link image = "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\logo.png" picture = paragraph.AppendPicture(image) paragraph.AppendHyperlink("https://www.e-iceblue.com/", picture, HyperlinkType.WebLink) # Save to file doc.SaveToFile("output/CreateHyperlinks.docx", FileFormat.Docx2019); doc.Dispose()
Remove Hyperlinks from Word in Python
To delete all hyperlinks in a Word document at once, you'll need to find all the hyperlinks in the document and then create a custom method FlattenHyperlinks() to flatten them. The following are the detailed steps.
- Create a Document object.
- Load a sample Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Find all the hyperlinks in the document using custom method FindAllHyperlinks().
- Loop through the hyperlinks and flatten all of them using custom method FlattenHyperlinks().
- Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import * from spire.doc.common import * # Find all the hyperlinks in a document def FindAllHyperlinks(document): hyperlinks = [] for i in range(document.Sections.Count): section = document.Sections.get_Item(i) for j in range(section.Body.ChildObjects.Count): sec = section.Body.ChildObjects.get_Item(j) if sec.DocumentObjectType == DocumentObjectType.Paragraph: for k in range((sec if isinstance(sec, Paragraph) else None).ChildObjects.Count): para = (sec if isinstance(sec, Paragraph) else None).ChildObjects.get_Item(k) if para.DocumentObjectType == DocumentObjectType.Field: field = para if isinstance(para, Field) else None if field.Type == FieldType.FieldHyperlink: hyperlinks.append(field) return hyperlinks # Flatten the hyperlink fields def FlattenHyperlinks(field): ownerParaIndex = field.OwnerParagraph.OwnerTextBody.ChildObjects.IndexOf( field.OwnerParagraph) fieldIndex = field.OwnerParagraph.ChildObjects.IndexOf(field) sepOwnerPara = field.Separator.OwnerParagraph sepOwnerParaIndex = field.Separator.OwnerParagraph.OwnerTextBody.ChildObjects.IndexOf( field.Separator.OwnerParagraph) sepIndex = field.Separator.OwnerParagraph.ChildObjects.IndexOf( field.Separator) endIndex = field.End.OwnerParagraph.ChildObjects.IndexOf(field.End) endOwnerParaIndex = field.End.OwnerParagraph.OwnerTextBody.ChildObjects.IndexOf( field.End.OwnerParagraph) FormatFieldResultText(field.Separator.OwnerParagraph.OwnerTextBody, sepOwnerParaIndex, endOwnerParaIndex, sepIndex, endIndex) field.End.OwnerParagraph.ChildObjects.RemoveAt(endIndex) for i in range(sepOwnerParaIndex, ownerParaIndex - 1, -1): if i == sepOwnerParaIndex and i == ownerParaIndex: for j in range(sepIndex, fieldIndex - 1, -1): field.OwnerParagraph.ChildObjects.RemoveAt(j) elif i == ownerParaIndex: for j in range(field.OwnerParagraph.ChildObjects.Count - 1, fieldIndex - 1, -1): field.OwnerParagraph.ChildObjects.RemoveAt(j) elif i == sepOwnerParaIndex: for j in range(sepIndex, -1, -1): sepOwnerPara.ChildObjects.RemoveAt(j) else: field.OwnerParagraph.OwnerTextBody.ChildObjects.RemoveAt(i) # Convert fields to text range and clear the text formatting def FormatFieldResultText(ownerBody, sepOwnerParaIndex, endOwnerParaIndex, sepIndex, endIndex): for i in range(sepOwnerParaIndex, endOwnerParaIndex + 1): para = ownerBody.ChildObjects[i] if isinstance( ownerBody.ChildObjects[i], Paragraph) else None if i == sepOwnerParaIndex and i == endOwnerParaIndex: for j in range(sepIndex + 1, endIndex): if isinstance(para.ChildObjects[j], TextRange): FormatText(para.ChildObjects[j]) elif i == sepOwnerParaIndex: for j in range(sepIndex + 1, para.ChildObjects.Count): if isinstance(para.ChildObjects[j], TextRange): FormatText(para.ChildObjects[j]) elif i == endOwnerParaIndex: for j in range(0, endIndex): if isinstance(para.ChildObjects[j], TextRange): FormatText(para.ChildObjects[j]) else: for j, unusedItem in enumerate(para.ChildObjects): if isinstance(para.ChildObjects[j], TextRange): FormatText(para.ChildObjects[j]) # Format text def FormatText(tr): tr.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.get_Black() tr.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineStyle.none # Create a Document object doc = Document() # Load a Word file doc.LoadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\test.docx") # Get all hyperlinks hyperlinks = FindAllHyperlinks(doc) # Flatten all hyperlinks for i in range(len(hyperlinks) - 1, -1, -1): FlattenHyperlinks(hyperlinks[i]) # Save to a different file doc.SaveToFile("output/RemoveHyperlinks.docx", FileFormat.Docx) doc.Close()
Apply for a Temporary License
If you'd like to remove the evaluation message from the generated documents, or to get rid of the function limitations, please request a 30-day trial license for yourself.
![](/./images/other/Subscribe_1.png)