Set Microsoft Word links to open in new window/tab

Question

I'm unable to set Word hyperlinks to open in a new window/tab. Basically, I create a Word document and paste its contents to WordPress, and everything is there, links do work, but they don't have "target=_blank" attribute added to them.

I do set Target Frame option in Word, but nothing happens. I've tried using _blank and New Window values, but when looking at code the target attribute isn't added.

I tried using Ctrl + F9 trick to force my links to open in new window, but that doesn't work.

Is there a way to fix that?

EDIT: This is a Word-related issue. I'm not developing a WordPress theme, I just want to paste the text from Word into WordPress and have my links open in new window. This works perfectly with Libre Office, but not with Microsoft Office.

Answer 1

The solution for this would be to build a filter on the_content that scans the pasted text for links and adds target="_blank". Actually, you don't even have to build it yourself, because WP has a built in function to do this. All you have to do is add this line to the functions.php of your theme:

add_filter ('the_content','links_add_target');

Beware that if your theme is updated your functions.php will be replaced and your edit lost. The correct way to circumvent this would be to build a child theme.