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in some documents you may want to
include an email address or a web
address you can format these as
hyperlinks so people can access the
information directly from word for
example I'd like to add an email address
to the signature at the bottom of this
letter and if I press the space bar or
the enter key on my keyboard word will
automatically format the text as a
hyperlink you can do the same thing with
a web address in this example we'll add
a link to the company's web site it's a
good idea to test all of your links
before sending out your document to make
sure they work normally when you're in a
web browser you would just click the
link to open it but in Word you'll have
to hold ctrl on your keyboard while you
click just like it says in the
instructions here creating links
automatically doesn't always work for
example if you want the text to be
something other than the web address in
those situations you can format any of
your existing text as a hyperlink I'd
like to add a link to the company's
Support Center so the customer can go
straight to the web site while reading
the document I'll first select the text
that I want to turn into a link then
right click and choose hyperlink you can
also use the hyperlink command on the
insert tab every hyperlink has two parts
the most important part is the address
which could be a web address an email
address a file or even a location in the
same document just use the buttons here
to navigate your options in this example
we're going to enter a web address the
second part of the hyperlink is the
display text which is the part people
will actually see when they read the
text in the document the display text
can be the same as the address or just
whatever you want when you're ready
click OK and now the text is formatted
as a hyperlink
to remove a hyperlink all you have to do
is right-click then make your selection
from the menu you can even choose edit
hyperlink to make adjustments to the
display text or address now you know two
different ways to create hyperlinks in
word either by converting the text
yourself or by using the automatic
formatting feature