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globally remove hyperlinks in Word document

Need to remove all the hyperlinks in a Word doc:

How do I remove a hyperlink without losing the display text or image?

To remove a single hyperlink without losing the display text or image, right-click the hyperlink, and then click Remove Hyperlink.

To remove all hyperlinks in a document, press CTRL+A to select the entire document and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

Note: Performing this operation converts all fields, not just hyperlinks, to plain text.


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/291182/frequently-asked-questions-about-hyperlinks-in-word

Turn off hyperlink creation in Word

To turn off automatic hyperlinks, follow these steps,:

• In Microsoft Office Word 2010and 2013, follow these steps:  
  1. On the File menu, click 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.
  
  

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/291182/frequently-asked-questions-about-hyperlinks-in-word

Using iMac as monitor for external computer

To use an iMac just as a monitor for another computer:

If you have an iMac made in mid-2011 or later, then one thing you can do with it is to use it as an external monitor. Similar to Target Disk mode, where one Mac's internal hard drives can be mounted as external drives via FireWire or Thunderbolt to another system,

Target Display mode allows an iMac's display to be captured and used by a second Mac.

While Target Disk mode requires you to restart the Mac, Target Display mode can be invoked from within OS X.

To do this, first check the model of your iMac to ensure it was made in 2011 or later, and then simply press Command-F2. Note that on most Macs, the F-keys are assigned to a system function by default, so you will either have to revert this in the Keyboard system preferences, or hold the "Fn" key in addition to the Command key before tapping F2.
When you press this hotkey, the system will remain running, but the display will now be accessible through the Thunderbolt connection of the iMac.

Tip

• If you have an aluminum Apple keyboard connected to your PC, you can toggle your iMac between displaying the video output of the PC and its own video output by pressing the "Command + F2" keys.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-use-your-imac-as-a-monitor/

Sierra console output

To get error messages from Sierra client, open the  iiirunner.lax   file in notepad, and edit the section below so that output goes to CONSOLE

#   LAX.STDOUT.REDIRECT
#   -------------------
#   leave blank for no output, "console" to send to a console window,
#   and any path to a file to save to the file 

 
lax.stdout.redirect=console