Colorizing Links within a sentence.

Question

I have a question about colored text and links.
I am able color the last word of a sentence and then successfully convert the word to a link
without the colored text changing.
Whenever I try to turn a WORD in the middle of the sentence into a link the color option is not available. The linked word just changes to underlined text and the font color is set to default black.
I understand that underlined text constitutes some kind of a secret handshake in the internet world but I would still like my links to be a little more graphic.
Any ideas how to accomplish this?

Answer 1

Yes and this is because you need to use the Hyperlink Formatting to change the underline and the colour.
If you create something as a link then you cannot select the colour first, you need to create the hyperlink first and then Format.
So, go to the whole sentence that you want to hyperlink and select it, then open the Inspector and click on Hyperlink and select what you want to do, so for example select link to an external page and then type in the website address (url) and once you do this, you are correct that your link will then be underlined and will be a dark colour. To alter this, click on Format and click the boxes to get rid of the underline and change your link colour to anything you want.
I thought that Old Toad's example would have been clear enough for you? Look at it again - to change anything to do with Hyperlinks it is the Hyperlink Format that you need and nothing else. Also, you can select a whole paragraph to be a link if you want and not just individual words.