Microsoft KB Archive/155982

= WD97: Hyperlink Style Format Is Not Retained After Merge =

Article ID: 155982

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q155982





SYMPTOMS
When you merge a main document and a data document that contains a field formatted with the Hyperlink style, the text that appears in the merged document fails to appear in the Hyperlink style. This behavior does not affect the functionality of the hyperlink field, which is retained after the merge.

NOTE: By default, the Hyperlink style uses a blue underlined font.



CAUSE
By design, you can format a merge field in the main document; however, Word overrides formatting applied to fields in the data document with formatting applied to the fields in the main document.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, select the field in the main document, including the braces or chevron characters (<< >>), and then apply the Hyperlink style to the field. When you merge to a new document, the hyperlink text will appear in the Hyperlink style.



MORE INFORMATION
Word 97 automatically creates hyperlink fields when you type a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that is followed by a space. Word formats these fields with the Hyperlink style. For additional information about how to create hyperlinks in Word 97, open the Word Help Topics Index, and view the "Hyperlink, Creating" topic.

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97 print merge merging merges hypertext url uniform resource locator winword

Keywords: kbfield kbprb kbualink97 KB155982

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