By default, Word recognizes network and hyperlink addresses and formats them much as you would see them appear on a Web page. Normally, this means that the text shows up as blue and underlined. Word provides the ability for you to change the way in which hyperlinks are formatted throughout your document. This is because default formatting for hyperlinks is done using a defined character style.
To change the formatting of your hyperlinks, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Style Pane Options dialog box.
Figure 2. The Modify Style dialog box.
Figure 3. The Font dialog box.
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2022-03-03 14:16:53
SS
What might be going on when there are several functional hyperlinks that do not react (i.e., change style) when the hyperlink font style in changed in the Styles Pane?
2021-02-19 18:43:24
LS
In the Styles Panel the option to select all instances of the Hyperlink Style is grayed out. I'd like to be able to select all the instances of the hyperlink style at once as I can with other styles. Can you help, please? Checking Keep Track in the Editing Section of the Advanced Options doesn't help. Thanks!
2020-12-08 18:36:36
Mike
@Pat, you want the "FollowedHyperlink" style.
2020-12-01 14:08:41
I don't understand how you didn't include how to modify the hyperlink for after it has been clicked on. That is what I am looking for. I would think that anything that had to do with formatting hyperlinks would include this.
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