Re: How to I make URLs in doc clickable?

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garfield-n-odie <garfieldnodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:u392#wIdFHA.2688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

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

> 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 wrote:
>
>> 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
>
>

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