When you choose Hyperlink in the Styles dropdown, you are applying the
Hyperlink character style, which formats text as blue and underlined. This
does *not* convert it to a hyperlink. There are (at least) three ways to
convert text to a hyperlink:
1. If you have "Internet and networks paths with hyperlinks" checked on the
AutoFormat As You Type tab of Tools | AutoCorrect, then links will be
converted as you type. You may not want this option enabled if you don't
want formatted links in documents to be printed.
2. If you have the same option enabled on the AutoFormat tab of Tools |
AutoCorrect, then you can select an URL, email address, or file path that
has already been typed and run AutoFormat to convert it. (I have an
AutoFormat button my Standard toolbar, but I don't know whether it's there
by default or I added it.)
3. You can select an URL, email address, or file path and convert it to a
hyperlink using any of the following methods: (a) click the Insert Hyperlink
button on the Standard toolbar (this is even easier than AutoFormat, and I
hadn't realized this worked this way till I tried it), (b) press Ctrl+K and
Enter, or (c) right-click, choose Hyperlink..., and press Enter. Both of the
latter two open the Hyperlink dialog with your text already inserted in the
appropriate boxes. If you want your hyperlink to display different text, you
can change this, too, so that the text in the document says, for example,
"this Web site," while the underlying URL points to the desired Web page.
You can also add a ScreenTip that will be displayed when users mouse over
the link.
If the link is to a bookmark in the currentor another document, then you
will need to use the Insert Hyperlink dialog to create it.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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