Why is the TOC text black when the style says it should be blue?

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Why is the TOC text black when the style says it should be blue?

Connor Shore 50

Hello, I have a question about this simplified document:

https://windwardstudios.box.com/s/8cr6e5gnqbfp87h62lh3ymogxuw7yn9t

If you place your cursor on "Tester" in the table of contents, if you click on the styles you will notice the style is set to "Hyperlink". When you check the styles.xml for the Hyperlink style, you will notice it has the color set to blue. However, in the document the text renders as black. Why is that? Is there some property that overrides the color in this case or does a different style get applied?

Any help is appreciated!

Thank you,

Connor

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John Korchok 5,956

TOCs use multiple styles. The hyperlink character style normally does not display. Instead it is over-ridden by the TOC 1, TOC 2, TOC 3, etc. paragraph styles that format the different levels of the TOC.

If you want the TOC to display with blue text, format the TOC styles with that font color.

Connor Shore 50 Reputation points

2025-03-19T18:20:21.25+00:00

Great that clears it up. Thank you!

Mike Bowen 1,961 Microsoft Employee

Hi @Connor Shore ,

@John Korchok is correct. I would only point you to ISO/IEC 29500 17.7.4.19 uiPriority (Optional User Interface Sorting Order) for more information. Where it reads in part, "If this element is set, then this priority shall be used to sort all available styles in ascending value order.".

Looking in your styles.xml part, the Hyperlink styles have a uiPriority value of 99:

<w:style w:type="character" w:styleId="Hyperlink">
    <w:name w:val="Hyperlink"/>
    <w:uiPriority w:val="99"/>
    <w:rPr>
      <w:color w:val="0000FF"/>
      <w:u w:val="none"/>
    </w:rPr>
  </w:style>

While the TOC styles have a uiPriority value of 39, so they override the value of the hyperlink style:

<w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="TOC1">
    <w:name w:val="toc 1"/>
    <w:basedOn w:val="Paragraph"/>
    <w:link w:val="TOC1Char"/>
    <w:uiPriority w:val="39"/>
    <w:pPr>
      <w:keepLines/>
      <w:tabs>
        <w:tab w:val="right" w:leader="dot" w:pos="9000"/>
      </w:tabs>
      <w:spacing w:before="120" w:after="120"/>
      <w:ind w:left="288" w:right="576" w:hanging="288"/>
    </w:pPr>
    <w:rPr>
      <w:caps/>
      <w:color w:val="0000FF"/>
    </w:rPr>
  </w:style>

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