Turning off auto-hyperlinks in Word 2003

[Steve D.]

I do not want Word to auto-format web addresses as hyperlinks because most of
my Word documents are to be printed for mailing or faxing, therefore I don't
want every URL printed in blue and underlined. When I turn off this feature
in Tools/AutoCorrect Options, it gets turned back on every time I start a new
document or open an existing one. I've even tried editing the normal.dot
template, but the feature is still turned on in every new or existing
document I open. How can I turn off this annoying feature for every document
by default and have it stick???
Thanks for your help.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I do not want Word to auto-format web addresses as hyperlinks because most of
my Word documents are to be printed for mailing or faxing, therefore I don't
want every URL printed in blue and underlined. When I turn off this feature
in Tools/AutoCorrect Options, it gets turned back on every time I start a new
document or open an existing one. I've even tried editing the normal.dot
template, but the feature is still turned on in every new or existing
document I open. How can I turn off this annoying feature for every document
by default and have it stick???
Thanks for your help.

Create AutoNew and AutoOpen macros in your Normal.dot template as shown at the
end of http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm, and include in each of them
the line

Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceHyperlinks = False

to turn off that specific feature. (You may want to keep, delete, or modify and
of the other settings that Graham shows in his samples.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Failure to save settings of this kind often reflects a Registry glitch, so
you might see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm for instructions on
editing the Registry. But just as often the problem is caused by a poorly
written add-in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Steve D.]

Thanks! For now, the /A start option mentioned in the article you referenced
appears to have fixed the problem. I'll keep an eye on it to see if it stays
fixed. Thanks again.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note that opening with the /a switch is a diagnostic tool, not meant to be
the default way of starting Word; in Safe Mode, you will be unable to save
customizations.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org