If you don’t like the way hyperlinks look in your Microsoft Word 2016, 2013, 2010, or 2007 document, you can change the color of them.
Non-Visited Hyperlinks
To change the color of hyperlinks that have not been visited or clicked, follow these instructions:
- Add the hyperlink to your document.
- From the “Home” tab, click the small arrow icon in the lower-right corner of the “Styles” box. Alternately, you can use Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S .
- In the “Styles” menu, hover your mouse pointer over “Hyperlink“, and then click the triangle that appears to the right. From the drop-down menu that appears, select “Modify…“.
- In the “Formatting” section, choose the color you want to use, then click “OK“.
Visited Hyperlinks
To change the color of hyperlinks that have been visited or clicked, follow these instructions:
- From the “Home” tab, click the small arrow icon in the lower-right corner of the “Styles” box. Alternately, you can use Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S .
- Select the “Options…” link in the lower-right corner.
- In the “Select styles to show:” dropdown menu, select “All styles“, then select “OK“. You will now have an option for “FollowedHyperlink” in the “Styles” list.
- In the “Styles” menu, hover your mouse pointer over “FollowedHyperlink”, and then click the triangle that appears to the right. From the drop-down menu that appears, select “Modify…“.
- In the “Formatting” section, choose the color you want to use, then click “OK“.
You have successfully changed the color of hyperlinks in your Word document.
Worked perfectly!!!!
Thanks, not very straightforward though (talking about Word, not your article ;-))
Now I know how to control the formatting of a visited/followed hyperlink! Keep up the good work!
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Fantastic thank you – I could not find the answer in Microsoft help but this worked perfectly. So simple when you know how!
Thank you. It took me a while to figure out your directions because after step 3 you have to scroll down to find “hyperlinks.” That wasn’t obvious at first but it worked once I realized that.
Thank you!
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I would have never figured this out on my own!
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In Word 2016, and displaying “All Styles, “I am unable to locate a Style named “Visited Hyperlink.” Hovering over these links shows the style, “Normal,” but the color shown is that which I use in regular text paragraphs.