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Subject:Re: Word 2007 cross-references From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:04:15 -0700
Hyperlinks are useless in print, but people who print PDFs and Web
pages think nothing of seeing them blue and underlined.
hyperlinks that aren't blue and underlined are useless in PDFs.
I can't see any rational argument for cross-reference hyperlinks not
being formatted like other hyperlinks. Logically, they'd pick up the
Hyperlink character style, and if you didn't want them blue and
underlined, you'd remove those attributes from that style.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> "Logically." it would make sense for the "insert as hyperlink" checkbox to have
> an accompanying "apply hyperlink style" box (I believe you will find a similar
> selection in the "autoformat as you type" option). Doing it automatically would
> pretty much render hyperlinked cross-references useless to anyone creating
> printed documents in Word.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Lauriston" <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
>> Logically, checking the "Insert as hyperlink" box would format the
>> cross-reference to match the other hyperlinks.
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