How to hide hyperlink tags in the Word files?
Thread poster: Maya Gorgoshidze
Maya Gorgoshidze
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Jan 16, 2008

Hello,

I have a problem with Word documents. Today my MS Word decided to display all hyperlink tags, i.e. now I see { HYPERRLINK “mailto:[email protected]” } instead of [email protected]

Could anyone tell me how to restore the normal view?

Thanks and kind regards,
Maya


 
Claudia Alvis
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Field codes Jan 16, 2008

Those are Field code tags. You should go to Tools>Options>View (tab), and on the Show section, uncheck Field codes (or its equivalent in your language). It's the second box from the top on the right side of the View window; at least in Word 2003.

Good luck,

Claudia


 
Maya Gorgoshidze
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Thank you! Jan 16, 2008

Thank you so much for your help, Claudia!

Maya


 
Luis Antonio de Larrauri
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I had the same problem Jan 17, 2008

Thank you very much por your question, Maya, and thanks for your answer, Claudia, they were both very useful for me

 
Phil Bird
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In Word 2007 Oct 19, 2008

I never had this problem in Word 2003 - but it seems that something I did in Word 2007 caused it to happen...

Thanks for your explanation - now that I know they are called 'Field Tags' I was able to find them.

In Word 2007 - click on the Office 2007 button in the top left.

Go to 'Word Options' , then in the list on the left, select "Advanced"

The third section down is "show document content" - towards the bottom of that list you will see "disp
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I never had this problem in Word 2003 - but it seems that something I did in Word 2007 caused it to happen...

Thanks for your explanation - now that I know they are called 'Field Tags' I was able to find them.

In Word 2007 - click on the Office 2007 button in the top left.

Go to 'Word Options' , then in the list on the left, select "Advanced"

The third section down is "show document content" - towards the bottom of that list you will see "display field codes" and a tick box - untick it and they go away...

Once again, thanks people - it was driving me nuts!
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merciful_d
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thanks Jul 15, 2010

thank you all. My Word 2007 is going crazy these days and it keeps showing me field codes and every kind of text that should remain hidden.
I am going to tame it, thanks to you


 
Caro Maucher
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Same here! Jul 17, 2010

My Word 2007 has been behaving the same way recently - but no more, thanks to you! Once more, woman triumphs over machine! (c:

 
Elene P.
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alt F9 Aug 4, 2011

Or, as I saw on some forum one can hide them pressing Alt and F9 (in my case it was Alt and F9 and Fn).

 
Gary Smith Lawson
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Thanks Nov 23, 2012

Thanks guys. For some reason my Word started to spew out visible hyperlinks too. No idea why, but your explanation is far simpler and clearer than the one provided by Word's own help.

 


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