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There are two ways to format a hyperlink in a Word document:

You apply the Hyperlink or FollowedHyperlink style to some text.
Word formats hyperlinks automatically. Word has three features where this happens:
- If you create a hyperlink using Insert > Hyperlink, Word creates a hyperlink.
- By default, when you type something in a Word document that smells like a web address or an email address, Word automatically turns it into a hyperlink.
- You can insert a Hyperlink field, either by typing it directly or by using Insert > Quick Parts > Field.

You'd think that Word would format the hyperlink in the same way in both cases. I always thought so. But I was wrong.

To remove a hyperlink but keep the text, right-click the hyperlink and click Remove Hyperlink. To remove the hyperlink completely, select it and then press Delete.
In the AutoCorrect window that opens, switch to the “AutoFormat As You Type” tab. In the “Replace As You Type” section, disable the “Internet and network paths with hyperlinks” option. Click “OK” to close the AutoCorrect window. Click “OK” again to close the Word Options window and save your settings.
If you are using Mac, simply highlight paragraph and choose format paragraph and enter.5 in the indention area. Note: The instructions COM Librarian found online state to highlight the text, access the paragraph menu using the Format menu at the top of the screen, select Indents and Spacing, click Special, select Hanging, make sure the indentation is.5, and hit OK.

What appears to happen

Word 2016 offers the Clear Formatting command because so many formatting commands are available that it’s possible for your text to look more like a pile of runes than modern text. Use this command to peel away all formats from your text, just like you peel the skin from a banana. To remove text formatting, follow these steps: Click the Home tab. Hello I have created a MS Word document that i have converted into a pdf. The hyperlinks in the images link to the bookmarks against headings 1 and 2 in the following pages. However, when i convert my MS Word document into a PDf, the images are not linked, and i don't see a hand icon when i mouse.

By default, when Word formats a hyperlink, the hyperlink appears blue with a blue underline, and a followed hyperlink appears in a purple-ish, violet colour, with purple-ish violet underline.

Word has built-in styles named 'Hyperlink' and 'FollowedHyperlink'. 'Hyperlink' is blue. 'FollowedHyperlink' is purple-ish violet.

You could be forgiven for thinking that when you or Word create a hyperlink, Word automatically applies the Hyperlink or FollowedHyperlink character styles.

But… you would only be half right.

It only looks like Word is applying the Hyperlink and FollowedHyperlink styles because, out of the box, they have the same colour for text and underline.

What is really happening

If you modify the Hyperlink and/or FollowedHyperlink styles, you can set a different colour for the text and the underline. Let's say green text and a pink underline.

If you apply that style to some text in your document, Word will correctly format the text in green and give it a pink underline.

But… when Word automatically creates a hyperlink, or if you create a hyperlink using Insert > Hyperlink, Word does not properly apply the Hyperlink or FollowedHyperlink style. It will have green text, but the underline that should be pink will be green.

When you create a hyperlink, Word kind of half applies the Hyperlink style. It gets the type of underline right (dotted, dashed, thick, thin). It gets the font style correct (italic, bold, shadowed, small caps and so on). But Word ignores the Hyperlink's definitions of:

underline colour
font size
font.

Word displays the hyperlink's underline in the same colour as its text.

So, it's very easy to end up with a document that's a mess. If you happen to apply the Hyperlink style yourself, the hyperlink will have a pink underline. If Word formatted the hyperlink automatically, it won't have a pink underline.

Figure 1: In Word 2010, click the little arrow in the Navigation Pane and select Replace. To see the Navigation Pane, on the View tab, tick the Navigation Pane box.

One-time fix: Find and replace the Hyperlink style

You can fix this problem, and have hyperlinks display as you have defined the Hyperlink style.

Open the Replace dialog. To do that, do CTRL-h. Or, in Word 2003 or earlier, do Edit > Replace. Or, in Word 2007 or Word 2010, on the far right of the Home tab, click Replace. Or, in Word 2010, use the little menu in the Navigation Pane (Figure 1).
In the Replace dialog, click the More button. Within this dialog (Figure 2):
1. Click in the Find what box.
2. Click Format > Style and choose the Hyperlink style. Leave the Find what box empty. (Remember that, in Word 2007 and Word 2010, the order in which the styles are listed may appear to be completely random.)
3. Click in the Replace with box, then click Format > Style and choose the Hyperlink style. Leave the Replace with box empty.
4. Click Replace All.

Figure 2: Use the Replace dialog to find and replace all instances of the Hyperlink style

This will apply the Hyperlink style as you defined it to all links, including links in headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, text boxes, SmartArt and comments.

You'll have to re-do the search and replace if you add more hyperlinks to the document.

So this is a one-time fix, rather than a genuine workaround.

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Locking Document Formatting

Like most modern word processors, Word fits into the category of fritterware—programs with so many formatting bells and whistles that you can end up frittering away hours and hours by tweaking fonts, colors, alignments, and so on. Whether you think of such activity as 'frittering' depends on your point of view, but we all agree that a well-formatted document makes a better impression than a plain or sloppy-looking one. So no matter how much time you've devoted to getting your document just so, the last thing you want is another person running roughshod over your careful look and layout.

Fortunately, Word offers the capability to lock your document's formatting, which prevents others from changing the formatting unless they know the password. Here are the steps to follow:

Choose Review, Protect Document (or choose Developer, Protect Document) and then click Restrict Formatting and Editing. Word displays the Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane.
Click to activate the Limit Formatting to a Selection of Styles check box.
Click Settings to display the Formatting Restrictions dialog box, shown in Figure 3.3.
Figure 3.3 Use the Formatting Restrictions dialog box to restrict the formatting another user can apply to a document.
In the Checked Styles Are Currently Allowed list, deactivate the check box next to each style that you want to disallow. Alternatively, use the following buttons to set the check boxes:
- All—Click this button to activate all the check boxes and thus enable unauthorized users to apply formatting using only the existing styles; these users cannot modify the existing styles or create new styles.
- Recommended Minimum—Click this button to activate the check boxes for only those styles that Word determines are necessary for the document.
- None—Click this button to deactivate all the check boxes and thus prevent unauthorized users from changing any document formatting.
Choose your formatting options:
- Allow AutoFormat to Override Formatting Restrictions—Click to activate this check box if you want any AutoFormats that the user applies to affect restricted styles.
- Block Theme or Scheme Switching—Click to activate this check box to prevent the user from changing formatting by applying a formatting theme or scheme.
- Block Quick Style Set Switching—Click to activate this check box to prevent the user from changing formatting by applying a Quick Style.
Click OK.
If Word warns you that the document contains disallowed styles, click Yes to remove them or click No to keep them.
In the Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane, click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection. The Start Enforcing Protection dialog box displays.
Type the password twice and then click OK. Word disables all the formatting commands on the Ribbon.

If you or another authorized user need to change the document formatting, choose Review, Protect Document (or choose Developer, Protect Document), click Restrict Formatting and Editing, and then click Stop Protection. Type the password, click OK, and then deactivate the Limit Formatting to a Selection of Styles check box.