Q: change link formatting

Yes.

EXAMPLE:

For internal Apple links that auto-title

1. Paste the URL, it will auto-title.
2. Command + Z to undo
3. Command + SHIFT + Z to RE-do = this will show the bare URL without auto-titling

Searching for Old Mac OS Screen Saver

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7550600

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201472

This effectively invokes "Bare URL" feature of the tool that appears on most URLs when you click the text cursor once in the pasted Link

(internal to ASC seems to be the exception)

you're welcome. playing around (or making mistakes!) reveals many hidden features here - there is NO User Guide, making one wonder if anyone that publishes this Apple SiteWare has ever really *used* it?

Super clever.  I was going into html to do the deed.

R

As I may have only intimated, I stumbled upon the "Z" stuff by making mistakes!

I believe there is MUCH that we are not privy to since there is NO User Guide, searchable or otherwise , nor a tutorial for the Apple version of Jive

Jive

... seems more open about it

https://docs.jivesoftware.com/

https://community.jivesoftware.com/community/products/documentation

In reality, we are really talking about TinyMCE "rich text editor" built-into all Jive software > https://www.tinymce.com/

TinyMCE is as configurable as Jive is... Here's a thread discussing why a User Guide is untenable > http://community.tinymce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20021

It appears as though some implementers have done so, however > https://www.google.com/search?num=20&newwindow=1&q=tinymce+end+user+guide