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I am working with a LaTeX template and am noticing a big difference between the compiled document after adding \usepackage{hyperref} at the top. Before adding it, the Table of Contents section is exactly how I want it, with nothing weird going on before each line: enter image description here

But after adding \usepackage{hyperref}, the string "red" appears before the section number of each entry in the Table of Contents:

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Does anyone know why this is happening or how I can fix it?

Edit: here's a MWE.

\documentclass{MyUniversityThesisTemplate.cls} 

%(article class doesn't work, doc wouldn't even have table of contents)

\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Chapter 1}

\section{Section 1}

\chapter{Chapter 2}

\section{What do we want to measure?}

\section{Variables}

\section{Actors}

\section{Causal Relationships}

\section{Interdependencies}

\end{document}

And here's a MWE for the class document (might not be working though):

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}

\ProvidesClass{MyUniversityThesisTemplate}[2011/02/16 v1.4.2 My University Thesis class]

\RequirePackage{setspace}

%here I skip some code

\DeclareOption{myorder}{

  \renewcommand*{\begincmd}{\doublespacing}}

\DeclareOption{lot}{\renewcommand*{\makelot}{

  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Tables}\listoftables}}

\DeclareOption{lof}{\renewcommand*{\makelof}{

  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Figures}\listoffigures}}

\DeclareOption{los}{

  \renewcommand*{\makelos}{

    \RequirePackage{losymbol}

    \section*{List of Symbols\@mkboth {LIST OF SYMBOLS}{LIST OF SYMBOLS}}

    \@starttoc{los}

    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Symbols}

  }

}

\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{report}}

\ProcessOptions

%here I skip some code

\AtBeginDocument{\begincmd}

\endinput
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    you should make sure that hyperref is the very last package you load, so put it at the bottom of your preamble, just before \begin{document}. Have you tested that?
    – T. Pluess
    Jun 3, 2019 at 4:45
  • @T.Pluess, yeah, it is currently the very last package that I load. Thanks for the idea though
    – Rasputin
    Jun 3, 2019 at 6:17
  • Untested but I doubt very much that the stripped down class actually triggers your problem - there is nowhere something looking like "red" and hyperref doesn't invent such a word. You will have to show a real minimal example that actually demonstrates the problem.
    – Ulrike Fischer
    Jun 3, 2019 at 7:28
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    The article class does not have \chapters, so this cannot work. But report and book have. And if I use one of those and add \tableofcontents to your MWE, then I even get a table of contents and everything is fine.
    – DLichti
    Jun 3, 2019 at 8:14
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    There isn't enough information to reproduce your problem, but random guess: Does \tableofcontents end up inside of \AtBeginDocument by any chance?
    – David Purton
    Jun 3, 2019 at 9:37

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THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED BY INSERTING

\RequirePackage{hyperref}

AFTER THE

\RequirePackage{setspace}

LINE OF CODE IN THE CLASS FILE!!!!!!!!! :D

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I used this:

\usepackage{hyperref} \hypersetup{ colorlinks=true, linkcolor=, filecolor=magenta,
urlcolor=cyan, }

It worked for me. (notice "linkcolor=")

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