I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word 2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the name of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/ for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word 2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/ for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/ for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia