How to Insert a Hyperlink

Create an easy-to-view link with this simple guide

Last Updated: August 24, 2022

Web pages are interconnected with a network of links. Links are used in social media posts, web pages, emails, and documents. You can insert hyperlinks into your text. Once clicked, the links will redirect the reader to a web page or web-hosted document. This wikiHow teaches you how to insert links into email messages, blogs, documents, and your HTML code.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Adding Links to Emails and Blog Posts

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Navigate to a web page that you would like to link to. Open a web browser of your choice and enter the address for the website you would like to link to in the address bar at the top. You can also search for the website name or an article title using a search engine, such as Google. Click the web page when you see it in the search results.
- Some email and blog apps also have the option to post an email address as a link.
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Copy the web address. The web address is in the address bar at the top of the page. Use the following steps to copy the web address.
- Click or tap the address in the address bar to highlight it.
- Right-click the highlighted web address or tap and hold it on mobile devices.
- Click or tap Copy in the pop-up menu.
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Navigate to your email or blog. If you are using a mobile phone or tablet, tap the app you use to send emails or post blogs. If you are on a desktop computer, open a new web browser window or tab and navigate to your email or blog service website.
- To open a new tab in your web browser, tap the plus (+) icon next to the tabs at the top of the page.
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Start your email or blog post. The icon to start a new email or blog is different on different apps. Look for an icon that says Compose, New, Write or has an image that resembles a plus sign (+), or pencil and paper.
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Click where you want the link to appear. Links can appear at the end of a blog or email, or in the middle of a sentence as a reference.
- You can also highlight a word, or sentence you want to convert into a link.
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Click or tap Link or the icon that resembles a chainlink. In most apps, the button to add a link has an icon that resembles a chainlink. This displays a pop-up window that allows you to create a link.
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Paste the link in the field labeled "URL". Look for the field that says URL and use the following steps to paste the URL in the field.^{[1]
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- Click or tap the web address or email option (if available),
- Right-click or tap and hold the URL field.
- Click or tap Paste
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Enter the display text. The display text is a word or phrase that appears in place of the web address for the link. This can be a description, the title of the page you are linking to, or as part of a sentence. It can also be a simple instruction like "Click here".
- Leave this field blank if you want to use the web address as the URL text.
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Apply the link. To save the link click the button that says Save, Ok, Apply or something similar. This adds the link to your email or blog text.
- To remove the link, right-click it or tap and hold it. Then tap Edit, Change or the icon that resembles a pencil.
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Publish or send your email. Finish your email or blog post. When you are ready, click the button to publish your blog post or send the email.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Adding Links to Documents

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Navigate to a web page that you would like to link to on your website or email. Open a web browser of your choice and enter the address for the website you would like to link to in the address bar or search for the website name or article title using a search engine, such as Google. Click the web page when you see it in the search results.
- You can also post an email address as a link.
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Copy the web address. The web address is in the address bar at the top of the page. Use the following steps to copy the web address to your clipboard.
- Click the address in the address bar to highlight it.
- Right-click the highlighted web address.
- Click Copy in the pop-up menu.
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Open your word processing program. You can insert hyperlinks in a variety of word processing programs including, Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice, and other office apps like Excel, and PowerPoint.
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Place your cursor where you want to insert a hyperlink. Hyperlinks can be placed at the end of a document or in the middle of a sentence.
- Alternatively, you can highlight the text you want to turn into a hyperlink.
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Click the Insert menu. It's in the menu bar at the top of the app. This displays a drop-down menu.
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Click Link or Hyperlink. It's in the menu below "Insert". This opens a window you can use to create a hyperlink.
- Alternatively, you can click the icon that resembles a chainlink in the toolbar at the top of the page.
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Paste your copied URL in the Address or URL field. Make sure you have the web address you want to link to copied to your clipboard. Use the following steps to paste the link in the field that says "URL" or "web address".
- Right-click the URL field.
- Click Paste.
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Enter the display text for the hyperlink. This is the text that appears in place of the web address. Click the field that says "Text" or "Text to display" and type the text you want to represent the link. The text can be part of a sentence, the title of the page, a description of the page you are linking to, or a simple instruction like "Click here".
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Apply the link. To apply the link, click the button that says Ok, Save, Apply or something similar.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Adding Links to HTML Code

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Navigate to a web page that you would like to link to. Open a web browser of your choice and enter the address for the website you would like to link to in the address bar or search for the website name or article title using a search engine, such as Google. Click the web page when you see it in the search results.
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Copy the web address. The web address is in the address bar at the top of the page. Use the following steps to copy the web address to your clipboard.
- Click the address in the address bar to highlight it.
- Right-click the highlighted web address.
- Click Copy in the menu.
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Navigate to your HTML code. This could be an HTML document on your web server or local hard drive. It could also be a bulletin board or blog post that allows HTML.
- On bulletin boards and blogs, you may need to click the "HTML" button above the field you enter your text to switch to HTML mode.
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Click where you want your hyperlink to go. A hyperlink can go at the end of the text or it can be inserted in the middle of a sentence as a reference.
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Type <a href= on the line. This is the first part of your opening tag for hyperlinks in HTML.
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Paste the URL address in quotations (" "). Type a quotation mark and then right-click and click Paste to paste the web address you copied. The add another quotation mark at the end of the URL.
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Type > after the last quotation mark. This closes the opening tag of the HTML code. So far, your HTML tag should look something like this:<a href="http://www.example1.net">.
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Type the display text for the hyperlink. This is the text that displays in place of the web address. This goes immediately after the closing bracket (>). For example, <a href="http://www.example1.net">Click Here</a>.
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Type </a> after the display text. This closes the hyperlink HTML tag. The entire hyperlink tag should look something like this:<a href="http://www.example1.net">Click Here</a>^{[2]
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Save your HTML document. To save your HTML document, click File and then click Save. You can preview your HTML documents in a web browser.
- Enter the address for the HTML document in the address bar of your web browser, or right-click the HTML document, select Open With and select a web browser to open it in.

Community Q&A

Question

Can I use the HTML format for a wikiHow article?

Stephen

Top Answerer

In most cases HTML will not work for wikiHow. WH uses a different language for coding.
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How do you copy links?

Free Eagle

Community Answer

There are different codes, depending on where the link is going. This is to link to another web page. 1.) Type the text you want readers to select to display another page. 2.) Type <A Href="?"> in front of the text, replacing the ? with the address of the web page you want to display. 3.) Type </a> after the text.
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How do I add a hyperlink of a YouTube video to my Zillow account under the description section?

CageyCat

Top Answerer

A link needs the simple tags of a and /a that start and end it, with brackets before and after. If you ignore the leading dot inserted in this answer, it would look like and tags. (Remove the leading dots.)