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I want to change the text of a hyperlink. Just like the anchor tag in an html document. I highlight the hyperlink text, insert, hyperlink. In the "edit hyperlink" window the "text to display" value is grayed and contains "<<selection in document>>". How can I ungray that field and change the hyperlink display text?
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Don't select the hyperlinked text. Instead, just click in the hyperlink, right click, and choose Edit Hyperlink.
If you send me a copy of the document, referencing this thread in the covering email message and advising what you want to appear in the hyperlink, I will investigate the issue.
Same for me - doesn't work in 2016. What was the solution?
Brilliant! Do you know why it does this occasionally - is it because the link is too long?
If you send me a copy of the document, referencing this thread in the covering email message and advising what you want to appear in the hyperlink, I will investigate the issue.
didn't work for me. Office 2016