How to remove all the hyperlinks in a document - all at once!
From time-to-time you may wish to remove the hyperlinks from your Word documents. Those blue underlines are helpful on your computer, but you may not want them showing up on your printouts. Here is a method for removing all hyperlinks from a Word document in no time flat:

1. Select the entire document by holding CTRL and pressing A.
2. While holding down CTRL and Shift, press F9.

How do I turn off automatic hyperlinks?
To turn off automatic hyperlinks, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of Word that you are running:

• In Microsoft Office Word 2007, follow these steps: 

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options. 
2. Click Proofing, and then click AutoCorrect Options. 
3. On the AutoFormat as you type tab and on the AutoFormat tab, click to clear the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check box, and then click OK. 
4. Click OK to close the Word Options dialog box.

• In Microsoft Office Word 2003 and in Microsoft Word 2002, follow these steps: 

1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options. 
2. On the AutoFormat as you type tab and on the AutoFormat tab, click to clear the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check box. 
3. Click OK.