Open Office PDF Linking Question

Mark Brian · 10-25-2008, 09:39 PM

When exporting an Open Office Writer document to PDF, is there a way to change the hyperlink's color by default to blue just like this because currently the default is dark purple. Is there a way to modify it so it affects the whole document rather than manually changing the color of the hyperlinks one by one?

TheNightOwl · 10-25-2008, 10:25 PM

Heya Mark

I think most of the time (most, don't know why not all) the default is a blue link, but once you click on it, it turns to purple. So the best way to test your links is to NOT touch them in the OpenOffice document, but rather to convert to pdf (even if it's unfinished; you can, of course, overwrite it later) and test your links from within the pdf.

i don't know if there's a way to set the attributes for all links. There might be. Did you go through the "Help" files?

I normally end up highlighting the hypertexted areas and just changing toe font colour manually from the little drop-down palette.

Not sure that helps, I'm afraid, but that's all I know about the pesky problem you mention.

Best,
TheNightOwl

Mark Brian · 10-26-2008, 12:43 AM

Thanks TheNightOwl, I don't think there's actually a way to it, I ended up still manually changing colors of each links

10-25-2008, 09:39 PM	#1
Mark Brian Spartan Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: PH Posts: 903 Thanks: 122 Thanked 144 Times in 72 Posts	Open Office PDF Linking Question When exporting an Open Office Writer document to PDF, is there a way to change the hyperlink's color by default to blue just like this because currently the default is dark purple. Is there a way to modify it so it affects the whole document rather than manually changing the color of the hyperlinks one by one?

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TheNightOwl Gatchaman fan War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 516 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 211 Thanked 88 Times in 53 Posts	Re: Open Office PDF Linking Question Heya Mark I think most of the time (most, don't know why not all) the default is a blue link, but once you click on it, it turns to purple. So the best way to test your links is to NOT touch them in the OpenOffice document, but rather to convert to pdf (even if it's unfinished; you can, of course, overwrite it later) and test your links from within the pdf. i don't know if there's a way to set the attributes for all links. There might be. Did you go through the "Help" files? I normally end up highlighting the hypertexted areas and just changing toe font colour manually from the little drop-down palette. Not sure that helps, I'm afraid, but that's all I know about the pesky problem you mention. Best, TheNightOwl
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10-26-2008, 12:43 AM	#3
Mark Brian Spartan Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: PH Posts: 903 Thanks: 122 Thanked 144 Times in 72 Posts	Re: Open Office PDF Linking Question Thanks TheNightOwl, I don't think there's actually a way to it, I ended up still manually changing colors of each links