WD97: Hyperlink Style Format Is Not Retained After Merge

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

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.