Insert Links
To link to other documents or web pages from a Word document, insert a hyperlink.
Remove Hyperlinks
When you type a URL into Word, it automatically inserts a hyperlink that connects to the website. This feature is handy if you distribute documents electronically, but it can be a nuisance when printing documents. To remove a hyperlink, right-click the link and select Remove Hyperlink.
More About Editing Hyperlinks
When you work in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box and the Edit Hyperlink dialog box, several other features are available on the left side of the dialog box.
Existing File or Web Page
This tab is selected by default in the Insert Hyperlink and the Edit Hyperlink dialog boxes. This tab displays the text for the hyperlink and the URL of that hyperlink In the middle of the window, there are three tabs:
Current Folder displays files that are located in the same folder location as the current document. If you want the selected link to link to a document located in this folder, locate the file and choose it. The Address field changes to reflect the document location on your computer. The Text to display field also changes to the file address, so you may want to edit this field to change the text that displays in the Word document. Browsed Pages shows a list of recent documents and web pages you have accessed. Select one of these as the new link destination.Recent Files displays a list of recent files you’ve worked on in Word. This is handy if you’re working on a series of separate documents and want to create links to these files quickly.
Place in This Document
This tab displays sections and bookmarks contained in the current document. Use it to link to specific locations within the current document.
Create New Document
Go to this tab to create a new document to which the link will connect. This feature is useful if you’re creating a series of documents but haven’t created the document you want to link to. Define the name of the new document in the labeled field. If you don’t want to edit the new document you create from here, select Edit the new document later.
Email Address
This section creates a link that will generate a new email when someone clicks it and populates several of the new email fields with the defaults you define. Enter the email address where you want the new email to be sent, and add the subject that will appear in the new email by filling in the appropriate fields. If you have used this feature recently for other links, any email addresses you used in those will appear in the Recently used e-mail addresses list.
