Written by Steps to get your bookmarks in a database format
First way:
Open Excel>Data>Import External Data>New Web QueryPaste the address of your bookmark on your hardisk in the web query addressSelect the tableImport it to ExcelYou’ll see first column has all the addresses of the links, and after few columns the text for that hyperlinkPress Ctrl + H (Find and replace) to remove all the unessesary characters in those two columnssuch as, < ,”, etcAutoFilter on the first column for blank rows and delelte those blank rows.There you go; have two columns one with the address and one with the text.If you want to make that address as hyperlink you can use Excel funtion HYPERLINK, check help on that.
Second way;Copy all the text from the from the bookmark.htm file to cell A1Then paste this code after pressing Alt + F11
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim k As Hyperlink
Dim i As Byte
i = 1
With ActiveSheet
For Each k In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks
.Cells(i, “B”) = k.Address
.Range(“A” & i).Copy
.Range(“C” & i).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
i = i + 1
Next
.Columns(“C:C”).Cut
.Columns(“A:A”).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Run this macro pressing Alt + F8 in the worksheet you’ve pasted the links and select macro giveaddress and run it.
Column B will have the addresses for the links in column A you’ll have the text.
Formula to get the site name, i.e. text of a URL excluding http
=IF(MID(C3,1,11)=”http://www.”,MID(C3,12,FIND(“/”,C3,10)-12),”")
Formula to get just the site name, i.e. including http and .com or .org
=MID(C2,1,FIND(“/”,C2,FIND(“//”,C2,1)+2))
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