One way you can use data from the Internet in an Excel worksheet is to copy it from a Web page and then paste it into the worksheet. For instance, you can select a table of data on a Web page, press Ctrl+C to copy it to the Clipboard, select a cell in Excel, and then press Ctrl+V. Excel does its best to parse the data and put it in the proper cells, just like it was in the original table.
The problem is that you'll often get more than just the table data. If there were other objects in the data you copied from the Web, those objects are also pasted into the worksheet. It is not uncommon to end up with all sorts of small graphics in the worksheet. If these graphics were originally hyperlinks, you may want to actually extract the hyperlink and then delete the graphic. This would make the data in the worksheet much more usable.
The way to do this is with a macro. Once you've pasted the Web information into the worksheet, run the following macro.
Sub ConvertHLShapes() Dim shp As Shape Dim sTemp As String For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes sTemp = "" On Error Resume Next 'go to next shape if no hyperlink sTemp = shp.Hyperlink.Address On Error GoTo 0 If sTemp <> "" Then shp.TopLeftCell.Value = sTemp shp.Delete End If Next End Sub
This macro steps through each of the shapes in the worksheet. It then checks to see if the shape has an associated hyperlink. If it does, then the address of that hyperlink (in the sTemp variable) is placed into the cell at the top-left corner of where the shape is located. The macro deletes any shapes that have hyperlinks; you can force it to delete all shapes in the worksheet by simply moving the shp.Delete line to the outside of the If ... End If structure.
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2020-10-16 15:18:14
Steve
This method normally works, but I came across a web page where the cell of the table contained the hyperlink, rather than the image itself. The cell in Excel looked like it was empty, but the hyperlink was still present. As a result I had to use a a function to extract the hyperlink.
Function GetURL(cell As range, Optional default_value As Variant)
'Lists the Hyperlink Address for a Given Cell
'If cell does not contain a hyperlink, return default_value
If (cell.range("A1").Hyperlinks.Count <> 1) Then
GetURL = default_value
Else
GetURL = cell.range("A1").Hyperlinks(1).Address
End If
End Function
2016-03-17 05:00:12
Primož Majhen
Awesome macro!
Thanks!
2015-12-24 03:57:41
Steve Hunt
I really appreciate your work! Thank you! You certainly don't get this from the book! You've saved me a countless number of hours. Much appreciated!
2015-01-16 19:44:40
Very useful tips. It's saved many hours of my life :)
Thanks a lot!!!
2015-01-14 10:59:41
Multivac42
This is extremely useful. You just saved me lots of hours!
Thank you so much!
2014-08-08 13:16:38
Patricia C
Thank you so much for this Tips.
It was so-o-o Extremely Helpful.
2014-07-30 09:59:37
Muhammad
Thanks alot ...............really appreciated
2014-07-17 09:39:57
Alban
Merci beaucoup. Très simple, beaucoup de temps gagné. Thank you very much.
2014-03-15 23:36:40
Stephen
Thanks Allen, really useful code.
Cheers
Stephen
NZ
2014-02-07 09:48:56
Scott
You've just saved me hours. If there's such a thing as good karma you've certainly earned a lot!
Thanks so much!
2013-10-28 20:18:40
Allen,
This is exactly what I needed. I am trying to export fans from facebook.
I can copy them onto an Excel spreadsheet, but the Hyperlinks are hidden under the pictures.
However, I am an absolute Newbie with Macro programming. It would have helped if there was a Macro file I could have downloaded and run.
I searched on YouTube and as I type this I am discovering ALT+F11 will open a VBA editor. This may be the first step?
Any way you can "package this solution" for a newbie?
Thanx,
Jim Bannon
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