Use a macro containing the following code:

Dim aref As Field
For Each aref In ActiveDocument.Fields
If aref.Type = wdFieldRef Then
With aref.result.Font
.Color = wdColorBlue
.Underline = wdUnderlineSingle
End With
End If
Next aref


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Hope this helps.

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"Jose Durazo" wrote in message
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Greetings. Does anyone here know how to change the font style Word uses
for cross-references?

I want my cross-references to have the appearance of hyperlinks, so that
my readers know they can Ctrl+click them to get to the cross-referenced
location.

Potential solutions I've tried and why they don't work for me:
1. Use actual hyperlinks: These don't give me the benefit of updated
cross-reference text based on updated text of the section, bookmark, or
whatever else I'm referencing.

2. Create the cross-reference and then format it as blue underlined text
to give it the appearance of a hyperlink. I do a lot of cross-referencing
so I wish there were some way I could set my cross-references to behave
like this by default. Also, I've noticed some funky formatting problems
that occur after I've done this, such as if I type directly to the right
of text after turning it to blue underline the new text is also blue
underlined text....

Thanks in advance,
Jose