> in word documents hyperlinks are showing up as { hyperlink
> txt } instead of the normal hyperlink format. does anyone
> know why that would happen?
Because you have Word set to show field *codes* instead of field
*results*...
Go to Tools > Options > View and clear the check box for "Field codes". The
keyboard shortcut for this is Alt+F9.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word