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In some documents, you may want to include
an email address or a web address, and Word

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allows you to format them as hyperlinks.

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I'm going to add an email address to the end
of this cover letter,

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and if I then press the space bar or the Enter
key, Word will automatically format it as

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a Hyperlink.

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I can do the same thing with a web address.

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It's a good idea to test all of your links
before sending out your document, to make

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sure they all work.

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Normally, when you're viewing a website, you
can just click on a link to open it, but in

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Word, you actually have to hold down the control
key and then click on it.

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If it's a web address, it will open up your
web browser, and if it's an email address,

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it will open up your default email program.

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If you right-click a hyperlink, you can edit
it or remove it.

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You can also take existing text or images
and format them as hyperlinks.

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I'd like to create a link to this Medical
Office Administration program, just in case

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the employer wants to read more about it.

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I'll first highlight the name of the program,
and then right-click.

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Then, click Hyperlink.

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Every hyperlink has two parts.

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The most important part is the Address, and
this could be a web address, an email address,

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a file, or even a location in the same document.

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The second part of the hyperlink is the display
text, and this is the part that somebody will

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actually be able to see in the document.

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It can be the same as the address, or just
whatever you want.

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I'm going to keep the way it is because it's
the name of the program.

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This text is now formatted as a hyperlink.

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One thing to keep in mind when you're creating
hyperlinks is that if a person prints a document,

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they'll only be able to see the display text,
so if the display text is the same as the

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address, they'll still be able to type it
into a web browser,

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but with a link like this one, they'll have
no way of knowing exactly which website it

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points to.

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So for really important links, it's best to
keep the display text the same as the address.