Stop Requiring CTRL-Click to Visit a Hyperlink in Microsoft Word:

Whenever you want to visit a hyperlink using Microsoft Word, you cannot just click on the hyperlink. Instead, you must hold down the CTRL key while clicking the hyperlink.

This is for your protection. Microsoft Word keeps you from accidentally visiting web sites that you don't want to visit linked in documents, plus it keeps you from editing a document and accidentally jumping around to a different section.

However, you may want to disable this setting so just clicking on a hyperlink views its destination without requiring the CTRL key.

1. Click Tools, then Options, and then select the Edit tab.
2. Uncheck "Use CTRL + Click to follow hyperlink."
3. Click OK to save your changes.