Time for action – customizing the hyperlink appearance

We shall pass options to hyperref affecting the way hyperlinks are emphasized:

1. Open the file preamble.tex again. This time, specify the options for hyperref:

   \usepackage[colorlinks=true,linkcolor=red]{hyperref}

2. Save this document, go to the main document equations.tex, and compile it twice. The table of contents is changed:

   

What just happened?

Instead of frames, we now got a red color for emphasized links. The color can be seen in a printed document.

hyperref offers ways to set up the options. The first one we used is:

\usepackage[key=value list]{hyperref}

Alternatively, we could just write \usepackage{hyperref} and set the options afterwards:

\hypersetup{key=value list}

Our example would do the same with:

\hypersetup{colorlinks=true,linkcolor=red}

These methods may be combined. Here's a selection of especially useful options:

Option	Type	Default	Effect
draft	boolean	false	Turns off all hypertext options
final	boolean	true	Turns all...