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Subject:RE: SUMMARY: hyperlinks in printed WORD docs From:"Halter, Meg" <HalterMC -at- navair -dot- navy -dot- mil> To:"'Benzi Schreiber'" <benzi -at- tradeum -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 4 Jan 2000 07:33:57 -0800
Hi Benzi --
This seems like a slick idea that would save a bit of work. But when I try
it, *all* fields are grey -- table of contents, page numbers, caption
numbers -- not just hyperlinks. Is there a way to grey the hyperlinks only
(without creating a style)?
-- Meg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benzi Schreiber [SMTP:benzi -at- tradeum -dot- com]
>
> >> It's a View setting. Go to
> Tools>Options. At the bottom right of the top third of the dialog box is a
> field called Field shading. There are three settings choices. Select
> Always,
> which means that the
> hyperlinks have these gray shaded boxes around them, indicating them as
> hyperlinks. And here's the snazzy part: the gray doesn't print. This means
> that you wouldn't have to deal with changing the font color. Aren't those
> gray boxes neat :-)) (I didn't know how to show tongue-in-cheek) <<
>
>
