Thread: [Solved] Can I temporarily make linked text insensitive to clicks?
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Old 10-12-2023, 11:43 AM
Charles Kenyon Charles Kenyon is offline Windows 11 Office 2021
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I set that as my default long ago and had forgotten that it was not the default setting for many people.

I wrote a quick macro that could be attached to a keyboard shortcut or the QAT that toggles this setting.

Code:
Sub CtrlClickOptionToggle()
' Toggle requirement to use Ctrl key when using links in document
 ' Charles Kenyon 2023-Oct-12
' https://www.msofficeforums.com/177528-post6.html

 '
    Let Options.CtrlClickHyperlinkToOpen = Not Options.CtrlClickHyperlinkToOpen
'
' To attach to a shortcut key, see
'   https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_win10-msoversion_other/assigning-keyboard-shortcuts-in-microsoft-word/a346f277-e0eb-4d17-b53b-233584c611bb?tm=1595883735330
'
 End Sub
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