Different hyperlink styles in the same doc

[Guest]

Is it possible to use different hyperlink styles in the same document? I
would like to have different colours for the hyperlink underline for
different types of hyperlinks.
Thanks in advance if you tell me how to do it.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Is it possible to use different hyperlink styles in the same document? I
would like to have different colours for the hyperlink underline for
different types of hyperlinks.
Thanks in advance if you tell me how to do it.

When you insert a hyperlink, Word automatically applies the character
style named Hyperlink to it. That style is defined as the default
paragraph font plus underline plus blue color.

You can define your own character styles (with whatever names make
sense to you) with other text colors. After you create a hyperlink,
apply one of your character styles to replace the Hyperlink style. I
don't believe there's any way to make this automatic, though -- but
I'd suggest creating a custom toolbar and adding a button to it for
each of your special styles.

When you click (or Ctrl+click, depending on version) on the link to
follow it, Word automatically applies the style FollowedHyperlink to
change it to the violet color. You can do the same kind of replacement
there if you like.

 

[Vals56]

Thanks Jay,

What I forgot to mention was that I wanted to save the document as a Web
page. Unfortunately, when saving as HTML, Word changes formatting back to
blue underline. As you might've guessed all that I wanted to do was to have
the colour of the underline the same as the hyperlink text. This works fine
if you save it as a doc file, but reverts back to blue underline if you save
it as *.htm.

It is possible to open a web page created by Word with the Notepad and
manually edit HTML code, but it is very laborious.

Unfortunately FrontPage or any other web design software are out of the
question. Users who have to modify these web pages on our network are not
trained in the web design software and don't have it installed. That is why
I am trying to find a solution using Word. It is the only thing our users
more or less understand.

I would be grateful if you can come with some other ideas or workarounds.

Thanks again,
Val

 

[Bob S]

If I change the definition of the Hyperlink Style so that Font Color
is Automatic instead of Blue, then the underline matches the text even
when I save it as HTML. Does this not work for you?

Bob S

Thanks Jay,

What I forgot to mention was that I wanted to save the document as a Web
page. Unfortunately, when saving as HTML, Word changes formatting back to
blue underline. As you might've guessed all that I wanted to do was to have
the colour of the underline the same as the hyperlink text. This works fine
if you save it as a doc file, but reverts back to blue underline if you save
it as *.htm.

It is possible to open a web page created by Word with the Notepad and
manually edit HTML code, but it is very laborious.

Unfortunately FrontPage or any other web design software are out of the
question. Users who have to modify these web pages on our network are not
trained in the web design software and don't have it installed. That is why
I am trying to find a solution using Word. It is the only thing our users
more or less understand.

I would be grateful if you can come with some other ideas or workarounds.

Thanks again,
Val