Each user who worked in the Microsoft Word program came across various kinds of links. This article will focus on them.
We will look at different ways to embed links in text. By the way, there are a lot of varieties of them, so after reading the article you will definitely bring out something new for yourself.
Create a normal copy link hyperlink
Let's talk about how to insert a link in Word so that it leads to the necessary web resource. It is this kind of links that are called hyperlinks that the user observes most often.
So, creating a hyperlink is quite simple; you can do this in two ways: by manually entering and copying from the clipboard. We will analyze each method individually.
The easiest way is to copy the hyperlink to the document. To do this, you must first put it on the clipboard.
- Find the link you need.
- Select it and press CTRL + C, or use the more familiar method by clicking the right mouse button to select it and selecting "Copy" from the menu.
- Open the document and paste the link in the right place. You can use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + V, or you can do everything in the context menu by selecting "Paste".
After that, press ENTER - the link will appear in the text. To navigate through it, hold down the CTRL key before clicking the left mouse button.
Manual hyperlink creation
You already know how to paste links into text in Word using copy, but as mentioned above, there are two options for creating links of this kind. Now let's talk about the manual method.
By the way, this is quite simple: you need to enter a link to some source in the text and press the ENTER key - the link will appear in the text.
Link change
Now we’ll show you how to modify links if their original appearance does not look harmonious in the text. On many sites, you could see links in plain text in blue. By clicking on them, you get to another resource. Exactly the same links can be created in Word.
To change the link you need:
- Click RMB on the hyperlinks.
- In the menu, select "Change hyperlink".
- In the window that appears, enter the text of the hyperlink in the input field of the same name. Please note that at the bottom of the window is the line "Address" - this is where you specify the link to the resource.
After entering all the necessary parameters, you can click "OK", the link will be changed. Now you know not only how to embed links in the text, but also how to change them to give the document a more favorable look.
Link to a document page
You already know how to insert a link in Word to an Internet resource, but this is not the only type of links.
To quickly navigate a document, many place content at the beginning. It can be slightly upgraded. Now we’ll talk about how to insert a link to a page in a document.
First you need to go to the familiar tab "Insert", in the group of tools "Links" click on the pointer "Bookmark" - the window of the same name opens. Enter the name of the bookmark in it. By the way, it would be wise to enter the first paragraph of the content and click "Add."
Place the cursor in the place of the text where you want to insert a bookmark, and click on the "Hyperlink" tool, which is located above the "Bookmark" button.
In the window that appears, you need to select the connection - select "Place in document". Now expand the Bookmarks drop-down list and select the one you created. Finally, enter the text that will be visible in the document and click OK.
Create Email Link
You already know how to embed links in the text of a document to Internet resources and pages.
Consider the third option for using this option, however, it will work if an email client is installed on the computer. Let's find out how to insert a link in an email.
So, for starters, you need to click on the "Hyperlink" button in the "Insert" tab, only this time in the window that appears, select the connection with e-mail.
Now in the main area of the window there is a form for creating a link to the letter. In the Text field, enter the text that will be presented as a link in the Word document. In the "Email address" field, insert the recipient's email address. After that, enter the subject of the letter and insert the letter itself. When finished, click OK.
So we have examined all the ways to create links in the text of a Word document.