Ever wonder how to hyperlink and not sure how to go about it? It’s very easy and can make your life much simpler. That’s why hyperlinking is our computer tip of the day.
Hyperlinking is the term that refers to linking a piece of text in a computer screen to a URL that will take a reader to the relevant online page. Say you are looking at your computer and see a line that reads “Fort Lauderdale’s weather is usually warm.” The link, indicated by color and underlining, indicates that, if you click on “weather,” you will be taken somewhere with information about weather. And you will be, to weather.com’s Fort Lauderdale weather page.
Hyperlinking is easy and effective
So if you are writing an online holiday newsletter, for example, and you want to say that your sister and her husband went to the Everglades and it’s a great vacation getaway, you could link to Everglades National Park. Ditto a family reunion held at a particular site: you could send everybody to the site to read about the location or make reservations.
So, ready to begin?
To hyperlink:
- Open the internet page you want to link to. You will need the URL (the address that usually begins with www).
- Highlight the text you want to link on. In the “Fort Lauderdale’s weather is usually warm,” “weather” is highlighted.
- Right click on your mouse. A menu will open.
- The second to last choice on the menu will say “hyperlink.” Click on it. Your documents file will open. The important part of this is an address box at the bottom.
- In the address box, cut and paste the URL address of the page you want to link to.
- Click on the Ok button.
Presto! You have hyperlinked successfully.
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