in some documents you may want to
include an email address or a web
address and word allows you to format
them as hyperlinks I'm going to add an
email address to the end of this cover
letter and if I press the space bar or
the enter key word will automatically
format it as a hyperlink and I can do
the same thing with a web address
it's a good idea to test all of your
links before sending out your document
to make sure they all work normally when
you're viewing a website you can just
click on a link to open it but in Word
you actually have to hold down the ctrl
key and then click on it if it's a web
address it will open up your web browser
and if it's an email address it will
open up your default email program
and if you right-click a hyperlink you
can edit it or remove it
you can also take existing text or
images and format them as hyperlinks I'd
like to create a link to this medical
office administration program just in
case the employer wants to read more
about it I'll first highlight the name
of the program and then right-click
and then click hyperlink
every hyperlink has two parts the most
important part is the address and this
could be a web address an email address
a file or even a location in the same
document
the second part of the hyperlink is the
display text and this is the part that
somebody will actually be able to see in
the document and it can be the same as
the address or just whatever you want
I'm going to keep it the way it is
because it's the name of the program
this text is now formatted as a
hyperlink one thing to keep in mind when
you're creating hyperlinks is that if a
person prints a document they'll only be
able to see the display text so if the
display text is the same as the address
they'll still be able to type it into a
web browser but with a link like this
one they'll have no way of knowing
exactly which website appoints to so
four really important links it's best to
keep the display text the same as the
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