Pasting a rendered link to a rich-text column with the list in datasheet view

Question

I'm trying to paste a rendered link, i.e., a link from within a Word or Excel file, into a rich-text column in SharePoint's datasheet view... Pasting from Excel, I get a working link, but it's the URL and not the link text; pasting from Word, I get the link text, but it's not a link - just plain text... Ditto when the source is rendered HTML.

I've tried changing the format of the source, e.g., HTML, RichText, but it doesn't change the behavior.

Answer 1

Instead of copying and pasting, you should try going into Insert -> Link -> From Address as shown in below screenshot:

This will bring dialog as shown below:

This will give you option to write both Text and Link.

Also instead of just copying from Excel/Word, you can right-click on the hyperlink and click Edit Hyperlink option.. This will allow you to copy both Text and link separately!

Answer 2

For SharePoint 2010 (Foundation, in my case):

I had the best results copying the links from a rendered HTML file. Copying the links from Microsoft Word and Excel documents was also successful. Unfortunately, you will also be pasting formatting with your code.

I opted to access the Ribbon > Markup > HTML > Edit HTML Source while using inline editing on the list. Less than ideal, so very welcome to more ideas.