How to remove small cap from hyperlink in Word-tried everything in vein

Question

IN a document, hyperlinks suddenly became small caps! I tried all advice through google and chat GPT in vein!

I tried modifying the global style (I have so many links in the doc so cannot go one by one). It shows fine in the style review but not in the real document!

SOS please. I cannot send my document with every paragraph having an dd clause in small cap!

Thank you

Mohga

Answer 1

I was able to duplicate your problem, thanks to the document you provided. First, I'll describe how the problem was probably created, and then offer a solution.

The problem originated when the default font was created, and then the wrong steps were done in an attempt to remove the Small caps. To create the problem perform the following steps:

1. Open a new blank document.
2. In the Font group under the Home tab on the Word ribbon, open the Font dialog box, and place a checkmark next to Small caps. Then click the Set as Default Button. If you are asked whether you want to set the default font to the current document or the Normal template, choose the current document.
3. Open the Font dialog box again, and remove the checkmark next to the Small caps, but this time click OK.
4. Type some text using the Normal style. Select the text and right click on the Normal style in the style gallery, and click on Update Normal to Match Selection.
5. Open the Styles pane by clicking on the tiny arrow in the Styles group. Scroll down until you see the Hyperlink style. (You may need to make it visible using the Options button.) Right click on Hyperlink style and choose Modify. You'll notice its preview shows Small caps, but its description does not.
6. With the Modify Style dialog box still open, click the Format button and chose Font. Remove the checkmarks from both Small caps and All caps, and click OK. You'll notice the preview now matches the description.
7. Click OK again to close the dialog box.
8. Now, type some more text using the Normal style, select the text, and click on Add a hyperlink under the Links group under the Insert tab on the ribbon. You'll see the link is displayed in Small Caps.

I believe the reason this is happening is because the Hyperlink style is a character style, and it is based on the Default Paragraph Font (or the underlying properties) which in this case was set to Small caps when Step 2 was performed. When you removed the checkmarks in the Hyperlink style, it inherited the default settings.

To solve the problem, perform the following steps:

1. Type some text using the Normal style, and select the text.
2. Go back to the Font group on the ribbon, open the Font dialog box, and make sure there is no checkmark next to Small caps. Then click the Set as Default Button. If you are asked whether you want to set the default font to the current document or the Normal template, choose the current document again.
3. Type some text and add a hyperlink to the text. (It will still display in Small caps.)
4. Open the Styles pane again, and right click on the Hyperlink style, and choose Modify.
5. Click on the Format button, and choose Font. Remove the checkmark next to Small caps, and click OK. You'll now notice the preview still matches the description.
6. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Now all the hyperlinks that were previously created with Small caps are no longer Small caps, and when you create any additional hyperlinks, they too will not be in Small caps.

Answer 2

Looking at the Modify Style dialog box in your screen shot, the "Not Small caps" entry in the description of the Hyperlink style is a clue, because it indicates a conflict of settings. "Small caps" is a toggle. Maybe it has been turned off in the Hyperlink style but enabled elsewhere. Investigate other styles, such as the Normal style or any other relevant styles in your document, and you may find the source of the Small caps.

Answer 3

Thanks but did not sort the problem

Could you clarify which observations you made? For example, do you not see small caps in either of those styles? Formatting can be inherited from another style (see the "based on" setting in the Modify Style dialog box).

If you want to, you can share a representative sample document with the forum, so that we can have a closer look. Upload it to (say) OneDrive or Dropbox and post a download link in this thread.

Answer 4

You should verify the settings of the Hyperlink style, as others have suggested. However, there is a second style to consider: the FollowedHyperlink style. These two will control how hyperlinked text appears in Word.

To access the Modify Style dialog box, you can do the following: In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type in FollowedHyperlink and click Modify.

In the dialog box, click the Format drop down and then choose Font. Make the desired changes.

Answer 5

To remove the small caps formatting from hyperlinks in your Word document, you can try the following steps:

1. Modify the Style for Hyperlinks:
   • Go to the Home tab.
   • Click on the small arrow in the bottom right corner of the Styles group to open the Styles pane.
   • Find the Hyperlink style in the list.
   • Right-click on it and select Modify.
   • In the Modify Style dialog, click on Format at the bottom left, then choose Font.
   • Uncheck the Small caps option and click OK.
   • Ensure that the option New documents based on this template is selected if you want this change to apply to future documents.
2. Clear Formatting:
   • Select the hyperlinks in your document.
   • Go to the Home tab and click on Clear All Formatting (the eraser icon) in the Font group. This will reset the formatting, but you may need to reapply the hyperlink formatting afterward.
3. Check Document Styles:
   • If the hyperlinks are still showing as small caps, ensure that there are no conflicting styles applied to the text. You can check this by selecting the text and looking at the Styles pane.
4. Use Find and Replace:
   • If you have many hyperlinks, you can use the Find and Replace feature to remove small caps formatting. Open the Find and Replace dialog (Ctrl + H), click on More >>, then click on Format and select Font. Set the formatting options to remove small caps and replace it with the desired formatting.

These steps should help you revert the hyperlinks back to normal text formatting without small caps. If the issue persists, it may be worth checking if there are any document-specific settings or styles that are overriding your changes.