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Syngai

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May 25, 2009, 12:04:01 AM5/25/09
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In OneNote 2007, is there any way to change the colors of the hyperlinks from
the default blue to any other color?


Erik Sojka

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May 25, 2009, 6:05:38 AM5/25/09
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Not that I'm aware of. It's pretty much a standard to display links in
blue.

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news:2EE51E9E-2C69-4D58...@microsoft.com:

John Waller

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May 25, 2009, 5:00:53 PM5/25/09
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> It's pretty much a standard to display links in
> blue.

It also seems to be a standard request to override the default :-)

Every web designer does it and every web browser offers it but OneNote
doesn't yet give us the option to change the default.

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John Waller

Erik Sojka

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May 26, 2009, 6:40:32 PM5/26/09
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I don't get the reasons why it should be a frequent request. ON isn't a
web browser. Its HTML display capabilities are rudimentary at best. It's
for viewing and collecting information, not as an application platform.

"John Waller" <jo...@REMOVETHISpinnacleweb.com.au> wrote in news:CBBFD483-
D380-46C5-BCD...@microsoft.com:

Rainald Taesler

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May 26, 2009, 6:55:17 PM5/26/09
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Erik Sojka wrote:
> John Waller wrote:

>>> It's pretty much a standard to display links in
>>> blue.
>>
>> It also seems to be a standard request to override the default :-)
>>
>> Every web designer does it and every web browser offers it but
>> OneNote doesn't yet give us the option to change the default.
>

> I don't get the reasons why it should be a frequent request. ON
> isn't a web browser. Its HTML display capabilities are rudimentary
> at best. It's for viewing and collecting information, not as an
> application platform.

I fully agree.
It does not make any sense to me to have hyperlinks coloured differently
from what is normal GUI standard.

Rainald

graham72

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May 27, 2009, 12:08:00 AM5/27/09
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Well I for one disagree, there are times when a link should be a
different colour, because for instance I have to click on it to action
something, or maybe to indicate that I have visited the site.

My workaround is to highlight the text according to the status of the
link.

John Waller

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May 27, 2009, 4:59:38 AM5/27/09
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> I fully agree.
> It does not make any sense to me to have hyperlinks coloured differently
> from what is normal GUI standard.

Count me as a dissenter.

Few websites display hyperlinks as default blue underlined these days. It
seems to clash with every designer's aesthetic sensibilities.

Word offers the option to change the default format for hyperlinks to those
users who wish to do so. Why not OneNote?


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John Waller

Rainald Taesler

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May 27, 2009, 9:06:18 AM5/27/09
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John Waller wrote:

>> I fully agree.
>> It does not make any sense to me to have hyperlinks coloured
>> differently from what is normal GUI standard.
>
> Count me as a dissenter.

Everybody gas the right if dissenting ;-)

> Few websites display hyperlinks as default blue underlined these
> days. It seems to clash with every designer's aesthetic sensibilities.
>
> Word offers the option to change the default format for hyperlinks to
> those users who wish to do so. Why not OneNote?

OK, fine. Everybody is free to post in Connect ;-)

Rainald


lillyh

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Jun 22, 2009, 5:17:07 PM6/22/09
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Syngai: You actually CAN change the color of hyperlinks however, like most
all syles/formatting options in OneNote you have to do it manually. You just
highlight the hyperlink text and change the text color. Unfortunately, the
text color doesn't change once you've clicked on the hyperlink, but that's
true of OneNote anyway. The links don't change color once you've clicked on
them.

Hope that helps!

b4l4nc3r

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Aug 7, 2009, 5:46:01 PM8/7/09
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That's helpful, thanks! I've trouble with the default hyperlink color because
of my Windows Dark Contrast theme which I use to decrease the amount of light
emitted from the screen considerably! It allows more time behind the computer
without hurting my eyes!

The problem is that the hyperlinks are very difficult to read with a dark
gray background i'm using! So i've been in pain for at least 2 years now
using OneNote 2007 with my default Windows theme! I have to get closer to the
screen, focus on the text or highlight the text to be able to read the
hyperlinktext which in all these cases bring my out of focus and drains my
energy! The information tool should be flexible on such trifling matters
which suprisingly matter to a great extent for the user's day to day
experience!

I want to change the default hyperlink color very badly!! Did anyone post
the bug on MS Connect? Because I couldn't find it to vote for it! And don't
want to spread the votes between different bug entries which is not very
effective!

If someone did post, please paste the URL to it here. Otherwise I'll start a
new one and past it here.

b4l4nc3r

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Aug 7, 2009, 5:54:02 PM8/7/09
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In the mean time, since it would take ages before (in virtual experience) for
this option to become available (if ever), that I want to pose the question
whether someone would know of a hack (registry entry, file, etc..), some kind
of other modification one could make to adjust the current default hyperlink
color?

Who has the knowledge to point me in the right direction, besides advising
me to wait that is (a painful option). Waited too long to contact for help,
because I was deep down skeptical I guess. Should have reached out a long
time ago. I guess better now than never. Anyone?

b4l4nc3r

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Aug 9, 2009, 7:19:01 PM8/9/09
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Did you or anyone come with a hack to set the default ON 2007 hyperlink
color? And did anyone report the feature request? Thanks in advance for the
info.

Rainald Taesler

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Aug 10, 2009, 8:48:40 AM8/10/09
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Sorry, *I* can not answer this questions. Only the developers could
:-( :-(

FWIW:
In the current TP (Technical Preview) the situation seems unchanged: One
can change the color of "normal" hyperlinks but not of URL-hyperlinks to
some web address.

Rainald


Rainald Taesler

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Aug 10, 2009, 9:03:58 AM8/10/09
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b4l4nc3r wrote:
> "Syngai" wrote:

>> In OneNote 2007, is there any way to change the colors of the
>> hyperlinks from the default blue to any other color?
>
> Did you or anyone come with a hack to set the default ON 2007
> hyperlink color? And did anyone report the feature request? Thanks
> in advance for the info.

FWIW:
The situation is unchanged in the current TP (Technical Preview). So
Think we will not see any change in ON 21010.

As workaround for your situation:
Just use a *highlight* as a background for the hyperlinks (using the
"Text Highlight Color" button in the Format toolbar)
Bright yellow as a highlight will for sure provide a better contrast.

Rainald
P.S. I really do not understand your approach with changing the Windows
default colors. In the past I did quite some scientific work concerning
GUI issues. Using a dark gray background for editing text is not
improvement in ergonomics.

drrg...@gmail.com

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Feb 26, 2020, 6:14:50 PM2/26/20
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On Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 11:04:01 PM UTC-5, Syngai wrote:
> In OneNote 2007, is there any way to change the colors of the hyperlinks from
> the default blue to any other color?

For those wondering why a change to the default hyperlink style may be useful beyond aesthetics and user friendly colors, I would like to have hyperlinks within OneNote to be one color and hyperlinks taking me out of OneNote, opening another application, e.g. a web browser or Adobe/MS Word to be another color.

I do not have the time to figure out how to make OneNote feature requests. Many other features would be nice too... search/replace anyone?
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