By default, LibreOffice writer formats links with a blue color and underline. I want to change this to be italics and red with no decorations. But I don’t want to manually update every single link in my documents. Can I change a setting or define a style that will change this behavior?
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Modify the Internet Link character style by going to the Styles deck in the Sidebar and selecting the Character Styles icon. Right click Internet Link and choose Modify from the context menu that appears. Make the changes you desire. This will change the appearance of internet links in this document. To use this style in other documents, you would either need to import the style or create a custom template.
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And if you want this behavior for all new documents by default, set up/modify the default template.
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And if you use Ctrl+click to navigate with these links, modify also Visited Internet Link to change the default appearance.
I found that I was not able to simply edit and save the default template. When I tried to save changes to the template named “Default” under(File>Templates>Manage Templates), I had to save it as a new file. When I selected “ODF Text Document Template” under “Save as type” I had the option to check a box to make it the default.
This was a big PITA to figure out how to change the dark blue links that are unreadable against the black background in my newly installed Libre Office 25.2.5.2 in Windows 11. Maybe it automatically installed a dark mode because I have dark mode enabled in Windows? I don’t know why it turned out like this. I was restoring a recently refurbished machine in a hurry, and the combo of the new Windows and new Libre Office gave me a horrible default template.
Both dark mode and light mode are available. LibreOffice defaults to Automatic, that is, if you have dark mode set on your operating system then LibreOffice will use dark mode. You can choose light mode if you want. Click Tools - Options - LibreOffice - Appearance and set the option button to Light.
Yes, that is correct. It is documented in Help and in the Writer Guide, download from English documentation | LibreOffice Documentation - LibreOffice User Guides