Https hyperlink doesn't work in office, http hyperlink does work

Question

When I create a hyperlink in 'Word' or 'Powerpoint' with https, this doesn't work.

When I create a hyperlink with http, this does work.

I read something on different forums about /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.plist

I should remove this...... but how do I get there on my Mac Book pro?

Please explain very detaileed how to get there, beceause I am not that handy on a Mac......;-)

I have a MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Answer 1

Hi Patrick,

I don't know what that article told you to do with Apple's security plist file and I'm skeptical that anything you would do with it would change the behavior you are seeing when trying to use an https prefixed URL. To my knowledge that prefix never worked with Office 2008 or Office 2011. It is only now working with Office 2016.

With that said, it also only works with sites that contain a special digitally secured certificate, which tells the visitor that this is the authentic site and not a phony phished one. Even if a website has this special certificate, the http:// prefix still works in all URL hyperlinks across the various versions of Office and if your hyperlink contain the https prefix and the site is not digitally secured you get an error.

If you do find that altering the security plist in some way can allow the other versions of Office to interpret properly the https prefix and not error out... I would be interested to know that, so I hope you will share your findings.

Answer 2

to get there you would need to access the library folder.

For more information on how to access the same you may refer the link

http://www.macworld.com/article/2057221/how-to-view-the-library-folder-in-mavericks.html