Hi Cathleen,

Here are the instructions:

Turn on or off automatic hyperlinks

You can turn automatic links on or off. If you’re using automatic links and Word is displaying only part of the link path, you can change the settings to show the full path of hyperlink.
Turn on automatic hyperlinks

1. Click the File tab.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Proofing.
4. Click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
5. Select the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check

Turn off automatic hyperlinks

1. Click the File tab.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Proofing.
4. Click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
5. Clear the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check box.

Remove a hyperlink

Do one of the following:

• Press CTRL+Z. You must press CTRL+Z immediately after you type the address, or URL, to delete a hyperlink from a typed URL.

Note If you press CTRL+Z a second time, the typed URL is deleted.

• Right-click the hyperlink, click Edit Hyperlink on the shortcut menu, and then click Remove Link.

If you quickly remove the hyperlink that appears by typing CTRL+Z, then you might like to create a style that is not a hyperlink (i.e. CathHyper Style) then you can format the words anyway that you want, and it will have nothing to do with hyperlinks. Then, if oyu decide that you do not want a blue underline style, and you want mauve & italic, just change the style and they will all change.

Hope this helps.