So you create in Word, Hyperlinks
- You first highlight the Text that you want to associate with the Hyperlink. Click on this and then right-click and open the context menu "Hyperlink...".
- Now you can create the first Button in the "file or web page" the Link to a specific website or to a file located on your Computer (see image).
- The second Button "current document" provides a cross-reference within the document. This is, for example, in the table of contents for longer texts helpful to go to a particular Chapter.
- If you want to refer to a private document that you have not yet created, you can create via the "New document" to do. Here you should change the file path, the document will be found again.
- With the last Button, "E-Mail address" allows you to integrate an email function. In addition to the recipient's address, you can also specify a subject. If you send the completed Word document, for example, as a PDF, readers can reply to you with a click via email.
Hyperlink in Word
The selected Text with Hyperlink now has a blue font color and underlined. If you press [Ctrl] + [K], and in Word, click on the Link, you can open this in the Browser.
This guide applies to Microsoft Office Word 2007. With Word 2010, the procedure is the same. In older versions the menu items may be named differently. Numerous other practical tips can you find in our Word-topic page.
