How can adjust a hyperlink color to always be Blue?

MeAndMyComputer · 04 Aug 2018

When I search for articles, reports , news etc. sometimes I like to record notes in a Word 2016 document pertaining to the to whatever I'm interested in and I like to record the source of the information.

What's been happening for a while is the hyperlink color mode isn't blue anymore

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How can adjust a hyperlink color to always be Blue?

I just checked my 2016 Excel
The hyperlink color mode is Red 5 Green99 Blue 193
--- I would like that to always be Blue also

Berton · 04 Aug 2018

Unfortunately the color of things are controlled by the creator/author of a Web page. Sometimes, speaking from some experience creating pages for my own site, the exact color desired is elusive but there is a color chart for text where standard colors or customized colors can be selected. Then it's up to the Browser as to accepting those choices. And also involved is a setting in some Browsers where a used/already clicked link will change color to indicate that status. Programs can also change text colors, just have walk through the color chart for the text.

garyb0125 · 04 Aug 2018

See if these links help.

To change hyperlink color in Word 2016..
How to Change Color of Hyperlinks in Word

To change hyperlink color in Excel 2016...
How to prevent hyperlinks from changing color in Excel?

MeAndMyComputer · 20 Aug 2018

I have adjusted a Word 2016 document the way I'd like to have all of my Word documents to be used.
--- One of the adjustments includes having a hyperlink the same color Blue.
--- I understand it will apply to only newly created Word documents.
--- I call it My Word 2016 adjusted template.
--- How can I add it as a regular template in my system?

garyb0125 · 21 Aug 2018

If you want your new template to be the default one, then go to

c:\Users\your user account\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\templates

and replace the Normal.dotm file with your new template (i.e. rename Normal.dotm to something like Deafultnormal.dotm and then rename your file to Normal.dotm and put in templates folder.

Try3 · 23 Aug 2018

MeAndMyComputer,

1 The folder paths to look for are in Word options, Advanced, File locations button.

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You should also check in Word options, Save, Default personal templates location just in case you entered anything there [I have never understood why that entry is provided].

2 If you have never created a Normal.dotm then, assuming you do not have any macros in your new template, you can replace Normal.dotx - you would have had to save your new template as a .dotx in the SaveAs dialog.
But if a Normal.dotm does exist then it always takes precedence over Normal.dotx so would need to be the one you replace - you would have had to save your new template as a .dotm in the SaveAs dialog.

Denis