Open Word Hyperlink in New Browser Window

[Alice]

Would I have to use VB to place the command for opening a new browser window
(CTRL - N) inside the Word hyperlink? Not knowing VB, this might be a
problem for me. Is there another way to insert the command to open a new
browser window within the hyperlink? or in front of the hyperlink? The user
I am assisting is posting several Word docs on the company intranet and wants
each document or chapter that has a hyperlink to be opened in a new browser
window. Thanks.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Would I have to use VB to place the command for opening a new browser
window (CTRL - N) inside the Word hyperlink? Not knowing VB, this
might be a problem for me. Is there another way to insert the
command to open a new browser window within the hyperlink? or in
front of the hyperlink? The user I am assisting is posting several
Word docs on the company intranet and wants each document or chapter
that has a hyperlink to be opened in a new browser window. Thanks.

If you're inserting a new hyperlink with the Insert > Hyperlink command,
after you select the destination, click the Target Frame button. In the next
dialog, set the dropdown to "New window" and, if you want, check the box for
"Set as default for all hyperlinks" so you won't have to do this again.

If the hyperlink already exists, right-click the hyperlink and choose Edit
Hyperlink. That opens the same hyperlink dialog, and you can change the
target frame as described above.

[For those interested in the details, this adds the switch \t"_blank" to the
hyperlink field code. The Help topic says that either this or the \n switch
will set the hyperlink to open in a new window.]