Turning Cross-References Blue in Word

[Chesler, Lynn]

Hi All:
 
Is there a way to automatically associate a character style with
cross-references in Word? 
 
When I create a hyperlinked cross-reference, I want it blue and underlined
so that readers know it's a link in the resulting PDF file. I have been
formatting the cross-references manually but find that the procedure is
laborious and the cross-references lose their formatting when I make a
change to the referenced text and then update the field. (Isn't
MERGEFORMAT supposed to preserve the formatting when you update a field?)
 
Thank you for any help you can give me!!
 
Lynn

Lynn M. Chesler
Technical Publications
Auspice Corporation
781-398-3256
www.auspicecorp.com