How to Open Links From a Word Document. Microsoft Word has become the standard among businesses for creating text documents. No matter what type of business you own or manage, being proficient in ...

Links cannot be just clicked in Word by default; you have to hold your Control key down while clicking. In fact, if you hover over a link in Word, a tip will open instructing you to do just that.

I have a user who has created a CD with a ton of documents. They made this handy index which autoruns, and then you click on the link to go to the file you want. This is all well and good, however ...

Learn how to enable or disable Ctrl+Click shortcut to open hyperlinks in Microsoft Word, so that links do not open accidentally. Do it via UI or Registry.