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

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You can format these as hyperlinks, so people
can access the information directly from Word.

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For example, I'd like to add an email address
to the signature at the bottom of this letter.

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And if I press the space bar, or the Enter
key on my keyboard...

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Word will automatically format the text as
a hyperlink.

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You can do the same thing with a web address.

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In this example, we'll add a link to the company's
website.

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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 work.

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Normally, when you're in a web browser, you
would just click the link to open it.

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But in Word, you have to hold CTRL on your
keyboard while you click—just like it says

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in the instructions here.

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Creating links automatically doesn't always
work; for example, if you want the text to

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be something other than the web address.

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In those situations, you can format any of
your existing text as a hyperlink.

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I'd like to add a link to the company's support
center, so the customer can go straight to

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the website while reading the document.

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I'll first select the text that I want to
turn into a link... then right-click... and

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choose Hyperlink.

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You can also use the Hyperlink command on
the Insert tab.

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Every hyperlink has two parts.

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The most important part is the address, which
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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Just use the buttons here to navigate your
options.

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In this example, we're going to enter a web
address.

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The second part of the hyperlink is the display
text, which is the part people will actually

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see when they read the text in the document.

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The display text can be the same as the address,
or just whatever you want.

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When you're ready, click OK... and now the
text is formatted as a hyperlink.

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To remove a hyperlink, all you have to do
is right-click... then make your selection

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from the menu.

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You can even choose Edit Hyperlink to make
adjustments to the display text or address.

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Now you know two different ways to create
hyperlinks in Word—either by converting

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the text yourself, or using the automatic
formatting feature.