| | A hyperlink is created by using a hyperlink field, eg {HYPERLINK \I “Bookmark name”}. Hyperlinks are displayed in blue-underlined. When you print the blue and underlined is visible and can make your document hard to read. | |
| | Beware that hyperlinks are fields are do not behave the same as normal text, see fields section for more details | |
| | You can change the format of your hyperlinks to something other than blue and underlined. (Format > Style), choose “all styles” and change the style named “hyperlink”. You may also wish to change the style named “followed hyperlink” as this is the format after a link has been clicked. At the bottom of the Modify Style dialog box be sure to check the ”Add to template” | |
| | There is a hyperlink IntelliSense program which is meant to identify website addresses and e-mail addresses and create hyperlinks. These are shown in blue and underlined. Printing documents with hyperlinks never print very well. The actual address is converted to a special hyperlink field. As you knoe fields do not behave like normal text. Get rid of this Tools > AutoCorrect then on the Autoformat as you type tab uncheck “Internet & Network paths with hyperlinks. | |
| | When you do want to insert a hyperlink click the Create Hyperlink button on the main (standard) toolbar | |
| | Hyperlinks inseted directly into a document protected as a form are unavailable to the user. But they can be placed in a Macro Button Field as the display text, and one one can be used to follow all hyperlinks. {MacroButton FollowHLink “http://www.bettersolutions.com”} | |
| | To turn these off go to (Tools > AutoCorrect) (Auto format tab) and deselect “Internet & network paths with hyperlinks “. If the feature is switched on any website address which you type in has a hyperlink associated with it so that if clicked will take you directly to that particular website in Internet Explorer. | |
| | It is possible to keep hyperlinks within a PDF file. Highlight the text and name a bookmark, Select the text to link (ie link description). (Insert > Hyperlink) second box, browse to the appropriate bookmark) | |
