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    From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 13 10:09:53 2023
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Thanks,


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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 10:51:50 2023
    On 1/13/2023 10:09 AM, Steve Mc wrote:
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when
    I copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Thanks,


    Well, when I wrote this, it showed the wording as Do You Wanna Dance -
    YouTube only, without the link that the post showed, he said confusedly.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 11:11:43 2023
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Yes, stop using Excel.

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Jan 13 12:09:27 2023
    On 1/13/2023 11:48 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 2:31:06 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:11 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I >>>> copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo> >>>>
    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?
    Yes, stop using Excel.
    I can't. It's like part of me, like my elbow.
    Try copying the link into somewhere else first. Then copy it from there and then paste it into Excel. A good place is this group. click on "new conversation" and paste the link in there. Then recopy the link from there. That should get rid of whatever
    info is coming along when you original copy the link.

    Thanks for this. I was looking forward to trying it, but alas, the same
    fucking problem. I even tried pasting it to Word first, but same thing.

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Jan 13 11:31:04 2023
    On 1/13/2023 11:11 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo> >>
    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?
    Yes, stop using Excel.

    I can't. It's like part of me, like my elbow.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 11:48:31 2023
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 2:31:06 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:11 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I >> copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?
    Yes, stop using Excel.
    I can't. It's like part of me, like my elbow.

    Try copying the link into somewhere else first. Then copy it from there and then paste it into Excel. A good place is this group. click on "new conversation" and paste the link in there. Then recopy the link from there. That should get rid of whatever
    info is coming along when you original copy the link.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 12:19:10 2023
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 3:09:31 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:48 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 2:31:06 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:11 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I >>>> copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the >>>> actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?
    Yes, stop using Excel.
    I can't. It's like part of me, like my elbow.
    Try copying the link into somewhere else first. Then copy it from there and then paste it into Excel. A good place is this group. click on "new conversation" and paste the link in there. Then recopy the link from there. That should get rid of
    whatever info is coming along when you original copy the link.
    Thanks for this. I was looking forward to trying it, but alas, the same fucking problem. I even tried pasting it to Word first, but same thing.

    Can you type in the link by hand or does that change too?

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  • From Rick Schubert@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 16:52:26 2023
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:09:53 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Thanks,

    Are you trying to copy it from the YouTube search results? If so, can you give the link to that
    page and explain exactly what you are trying to copy?

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Jan 13 16:16:55 2023
    On 1/13/2023 12:19 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 3:09:31 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:48 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 2:31:06 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:11 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I >>>>>> copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the >>>>>> actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?
    Yes, stop using Excel.
    I can't. It's like part of me, like my elbow.
    Try copying the link into somewhere else first. Then copy it from there and then paste it into Excel. A good place is this group. click on "new conversation" and paste the link in there. Then recopy the link from there. That should get rid of
    whatever info is coming along when you original copy the link.
    Thanks for this. I was looking forward to trying it, but alas, the same
    fucking problem. I even tried pasting it to Word first, but same thing.
    Can you type in the link by hand or does that change too?

    Well that would be too time consuming, and subject to my frequent typos,
    but you gave me an idea.

    I did a paste special text instead of the paste and  viola, it worked.
    So thanks for the suggestion.



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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 16:38:08 2023
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 7:16:58 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 12:19 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 3:09:31 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:48 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 2:31:06 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:11 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote: >>>>>> Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the >>>>>> actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink, >>>>>>
    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?
    Yes, stop using Excel.
    I can't. It's like part of me, like my elbow.
    Try copying the link into somewhere else first. Then copy it from there and then paste it into Excel. A good place is this group. click on "new conversation" and paste the link in there. Then recopy the link from there. That should get rid of
    whatever info is coming along when you original copy the link.
    Thanks for this. I was looking forward to trying it, but alas, the same >> fucking problem. I even tried pasting it to Word first, but same thing.
    Can you type in the link by hand or does that change too?
    Well that would be too time consuming, and subject to my frequent typos,

    I wasn't suggesting that you do that all the time. I just wanted to know if a URL can go in there at all without changing. At least you solved it.

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Rick Schubert on Fri Jan 13 18:35:10 2023
    On 1/13/2023 4:52 PM, Rick Schubert wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:09:53 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Thanks,
    Are you trying to copy it from the YouTube search results? If so, can you give the link to that
    page and explain exactly what you are trying to copy?

    So, I go to YouTube and do a search for this in the

    YouTube search window -> do you want to dance bobby freeman

    many choices populate. I'll pick one, and this goes into the address bar,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVff7TJzc-Q

    But when I copy paste it normally to Excel,

    this is what is produced -> Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman 1958 
    YouTube

    Thanks,


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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Jan 13 18:35:42 2023
    On 1/13/2023 4:38 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 7:16:58 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 12:19 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 3:09:31 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:48 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 2:31:06 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote:
    On 1/13/2023 11:11 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:09:55 PM UTC-5, Steve Mc wrote: >>>>>>>> Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the >>>>>>>> actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink, >>>>>>>>
    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?
    Yes, stop using Excel.
    I can't. It's like part of me, like my elbow.
    Try copying the link into somewhere else first. Then copy it from there and then paste it into Excel. A good place is this group. click on "new conversation" and paste the link in there. Then recopy the link from there. That should get rid of
    whatever info is coming along when you original copy the link.
    Thanks for this. I was looking forward to trying it, but alas, the same >>>> fucking problem. I even tried pasting it to Word first, but same thing. >>> Can you type in the link by hand or does that change too?
    Well that would be too time consuming, and subject to my frequent typos,
    I wasn't suggesting that you do that all the time. I just wanted to know if a URL can go in there at all without changing. At least you solved it.


    Gottit.

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  • From Rick Schubert@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 19:55:02 2023
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:35:10 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 1/13/2023 4:52 PM, Rick Schubert wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:09:53 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I
    copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Thanks,
    Are you trying to copy it from the YouTube search results? If so, can you give the link to that
    page and explain exactly what you are trying to copy?

    So, I go to YouTube and do a search for this in the

    YouTube search window -> do you want to dance bobby freeman

    many choices populate. I'll pick one, and this goes into the address bar,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVff7TJzc-Q

    But when I copy paste it normally to Excel,

    this is what is produced -> Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman 1958  >YouTube

    Just right-click on what you were trying to copy and select "Copy link address."

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Rick Schubert on Fri Jan 13 20:29:08 2023
    On 1/13/2023 7:55 PM, Rick Schubert wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:35:10 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 1/13/2023 4:52 PM, Rick Schubert wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:09:53 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I >>>> copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Thanks,
    Are you trying to copy it from the YouTube search results? If so, can you give the link to that
    page and explain exactly what you are trying to copy?
    So, I go to YouTube and do a search for this in the

    YouTube search window -> do you want to dance bobby freeman

    many choices populate. I'll pick one, and this goes into the address bar,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVff7TJzc-Q

    But when I copy paste it normally to Excel,

    this is what is produced -> Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman 1958
    YouTube
    Just right-click on what you were trying to copy and select "Copy link address."

    Unfortunately I don't have that option to copy link address. But like I
    said, if I paste special text instead of the paste, it works.


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  • From Rick Schubert@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Fri Jan 13 23:09:09 2023
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:29:08 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 1/13/2023 7:55 PM, Rick Schubert wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:35:10 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 1/13/2023 4:52 PM, Rick Schubert wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:09:53 -0800, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    Often when I look for a YouTube song, I get the actual link, but when I >>>>> copy and paste that link into Excel, its name copies instead of the
    actual link.

    Like this....

    Do You Wanna Dance - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo>

    I then have to right click the above, then select edit hyperlink,

    And this is produced ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZucB00rYo

    Is there a way I can get the actual link the first time ?

    Thanks,
    Are you trying to copy it from the YouTube search results? If so, can you give the link to that
    page and explain exactly what you are trying to copy?
    So, I go to YouTube and do a search for this in the

    YouTube search window -> do you want to dance bobby freeman

    many choices populate. I'll pick one, and this goes into the address bar, >>>
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVff7TJzc-Q

    But when I copy paste it normally to Excel,

    this is what is produced -> Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman 1958
    YouTube
    Just right-click on what you were trying to copy and select "Copy link address."

    Unfortunately I don't have that option to copy link address. But like I
    said, if I paste special text instead of the paste, it works.

    Oops. Missed that. I just went back and read it. Glad you have a solution.

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