For a comfortable and informative text, hyperlinks have long been invented. So the recipient of your document can immediately go to the desired partition, to a specific site or directory of the computer. In the hyperlink, you can put even another document if you know the location for sure. This article will describe in detail the insertion of the hyperlink in the Microsoft Office Word text editor.
How to make a hyperlink in the Word quickly
The fastest way is not the most comfortable for reading and neat. It consists in copying the site address directly to the text.
- Copy the address from the browser row and place it in the document.
- Click on the space as soon as the cursor retreates from the text, the hyperlink will appear, the letters will become blue and underlined.
- Click on it to open the site. It is convenient and fast, but there are many other ways to insert hyperlinks that will be done much more pleasant.
How to edit a hyperlink in the Word
- To give a hyperlink another kind, you need to click on it right-click, select the "Change hyperlink" item.
- You will open a window editorial window. From above in the text column, the name of the hyperlink is displayed, which will be visible to any reading, in the lower column "address" you need to specify the site to which the hyperlink will lead.
- After change, click "OK".
As you can see, now such a hyperlink can be inserted into the text, and it will not stand out. Click on it to check its performance.
How to make a hyperlink to files and folders in the Word
If you need to make a hyperlink not to the page address on the Internet, but to a file or folder, as well as other documents, then go to the same menu.
However, you need to not enter the site, and select the desired directory in the column "folder", which is located on top. After that, you can apply such changes so that when you click on the link, the entire folder opens, or click on the individual files and components to be called.
It is worth remembering that when downloading a document to another computer, such hyperlinks cease to work, because they specified the address to your folders.
How to create a hyperlink in the Word: Alternative
This case is well suited if you want to insert hyperlinks in the ready-made printed text. Just select the desired words in the text.
After that, go to the "Insert" section in the program header ", find the item" Hyperlink "in it. Click on it.
You will see the already familiar menu you. It remains only to configure the parameters for the site or path to folders and files.
Inserting hyperlinks in Microsoft Office Word is convenient enough and simple, you can master it in just a few repetitions.