# How to insert hyperlinks into an existing MS Word document using win32com:
# Use the same call as in the example above to connect to Word:
wordapp = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
# Open the input file where you want to insert the hyperlinks:
wordapp.Documents.Open("my_input_file.docx")
# Select the currently active document
doc = wordapp.ActiveDocument
# For my application, I want to replace references to identifiers in another
# document with the general format of "MSS-XXXX", where X is any digit, with
# hyperlinks to local html pages that capture the supporting details...
# First capture the entire document's content as text
docText = doc.Content.text
# Search for all identifiers that match the format criteria in the document:
mss_ids_to_link = re.findall('MSS-[0-9]+', docText)
# Now loop over all t