Can anyone show us how to create a hyperlink in a word document to access a url address. also how to cause the cursor change to a pointed finger when it travels over the hyperlink. thanks for your help.

This link:Creating Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word, should be of help.

select the text you want to make a link right click select hyperlink

in the top text box type what you want to be displayed and in the bottom(ignore file system in the middle) type the web URL