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 website.
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 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 website 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 using the automatic formatting feature.