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Many people use hyperlinks every day ? on the Internet. We click a link and quickly (well, quickly is a relative term based on the speed of your Internet connection) we ?jump? to a new web page, document or preaddressed email.

You can create similar links in your Word documents. Your Word links can jump you to a web page or other document. Before you can create your new links, it’s helpful to know the prefix that goes with each link type. Consider the following:

Prefix Link Type
http:// Web Page
file:// Document
mailto:// E-Mail

To enter any hyperlink into a Word document, simply select the text you want your reader to be able to click, then click the Hyperlink command on the Insert tab (in Word 2007) or click the Insert Hyperlink button on the Standard Toolbar (in Word 2003). This opens the Hyperlink dialog box.

Once in the Hyperlink dialog box, you can choose which type of hyperlink you want to insert. For web pages, click Existing File or Web Page, then either select the document name (for files) or type the web page address in the Address box (for web pages). In link to an e-mail, choose E-mail Address, then type the recipient’s e-mail address.

That’s all there is to it!

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