How to I make URLs in doc clickable?

[Jack Crane]

Word 2002.

I've got a Word doc with a bunch of well-formed URLs, but none of them are
blue and clickable. How do I make them so?

Thanks,

Jack

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If you open the Word doc and press Alt+F9, do the URLs change to
something that looks like { HYPERLINK "http://www.microsoft.com"
} ? If not, then they're not hyperlinks, which explains why
they're not blue or clickable, but you can easily change the URLs
to hyperlinks by clicking on Tools | AutoCorrect Options |
AutoFormat As You Type | check the "Internet and network paths
with hyperlinks" box | OK, and then typing a space at the end of
each URL. If the URLs *are* hyperlinks, then click on Tools |
Options | Edit | uncheck the "Use CTRL + Click to follow
hyperlink" box | OK, and then try clicking on one of the URLs
again.

 

[Jack Crane]

I followed your detailed recipe to the letter, and all the URLs are now
blue and underlined. However, when I click on any of them, I get an MS
Word warning, "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in
effect on this computer". What now? The computer is mine, a fairly new
Dell desktop running Win XP. I have no memory of setting any relevant
restrictions.

Jack

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Such restrictions would not be in Word as far as I know. Could
be a setting in your web browser or in Windows, but I haven't run
into this one before and don't know offhand how to fix it.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Check out the following thread for a possible solution:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.office.setup/browse_frm/thread/ca91ea72c1e04b9b

 

[Jack Crane]

Well, the problem has cleared up. I had set Firefox to be my default
browser. I went back to IE as the default, and the links in the Word doc
worked. I changed the default browser back to Firefox, and the links now
call FF, which is what I want.

However, I'm not sure that the above is the explanation. Since I posted
before I also defragged my C drive.

Thanks for all the help.

Jack