Word 2003 - Mouse-over on hyperlinked graphic doesn't show hand ic

[Guest]

I've created a web-page using Word 2003 and have assigned hyperlinks to some
graphic (.gif) images. When you view the page in IE the links work, but when
you mouse-over the graphic, the cursor never changes to a hand icon
(indicating it's clickable).

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

You need to press the Ctrl key, by default. If you'd prefer to be able to
click, without having to press Ctrl, choose Tools - Options - Edit, and
remove the check next to "Use CTRL+Click to follow hyperlinks".

 

[CyberTaz]

And that's as it should be - the hyperlinks are not active in the Word file
because it would be more difficult to select & edit them if they were. If
you hover your mouse over the image you'll see a tip box indicating that you
can follow the link if you Control+Click it.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Guest]

I'm aware of that setting and it works for me while I'm actually editing the
page within Word - the hand icon appears fine at that point... It's when I
preview the page in IE (or transfer the html file to the web) and view it
using IE - at that point the hand icon no longer appears - but the
graphic/hyperlink still works....

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I completely overlooked that you were talking about in IE before. When I
save as web page from Word 2003, I see what you see in IE. Try saving as Web
Page, Filtered, instead.

However... when I save as Web Page, Filtered, I get the result you want --
the hand now appears when you mouse over a .gif that is hyperlinked (when
viewed in IE). Another benefit is that the html is cleaner and less
cluttered (possibly why unfiltered doesn't give the right result).

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

My 2nd paragraph will be confusing unless you ignore the word "However",
which I failed to delete. ;-)

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much - that did the trick! I was so focused on looking for a
setting to turn off/on that I would never have figured it out!