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Word 2010 - Saving as PDF - How to Get Hyperlink Blue for Links to Footnotes

Anonymous
2018-12-25T22:23:03+00:00

I am using Word 2010. I save a document as PDF. This document has footnotes, and the footnotes contain links to other footnotes. When I save as PDF, my other hyperlinks (e.g., to bookmarks, to webpages) appear in blue, but these links to footnotes are black. Is there a way to make them appear blue without manually editing each one?

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  1. Stefan Blom 339.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-12-26T00:51:29+00:00

    If you mean that you have created a hyperlinked cross-reference, note that cross-references will never be formatted as (other) hyperlinks.

    To clarify, cross-references are still active hyperlinks, in spite of appearance.

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-12-26T00:31:44+00:00

    Is it actually a hyperlink that you are inserting into the footnote?  How are you creating it.

    The only way that I can do it is to bookmark the footnote to which the Hyperlink is to refer and the insert a Hyperlink to the bookmark.  When I do that, the Text that I enter into the Hyperlink dialog to be displayed in the document, is automatically formatted with the Hyperlink style and hence appearance.

    and also appears that way when the document is saved in pdf format.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-25T22:50:32+00:00

    Not sure I understand. As I say, I'm hoping that all hyperlinks will appear in hyperlink blue. I'm seeking a way of achieving that without manually editing individual links. It is not necessary to change anything for other links -- they automatically appear in blue. How can I change the font color of all links to footnotes?

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  4. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-12-25T22:29:49+00:00

    You could change the colour of the font that is used for the hyperlinks.

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