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Creating Hyperlinks


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1. Highlight the text or icon you wish to be a hyperlink.

2. Click on the icon wpe7.jpg (853 bytes) to get the following Create Hyperlink dialogue box.

wpe9.jpg (29340 bytes)

Links to pages on the World Wide Web

1. Type in the URL of the webpage you wish to link to following "URL: http://".

2. If you want to browse and find the URL, click on wpeA.jpg (866 bytes) to launch your Browser. Find your URL, return to FrontPage Editor and click OK.

Links to other web pages in your folder

Click on the file name in the Create Hyperlink dialogue box and then click OK.

Links to new web pages

Click on the icon wpeB.jpg (787 bytes) in the Create Hyperlink, choose the type of page you want, and click OK. The new page will open and you can begin working in it.

Links to email

1. Highlight the text or icon you wish to be a link.

2. Click on wpeD.jpg (853 bytes) to get the Create Hyperlink dialogue box

3. Then, click on the wpeC.jpg (858 bytes) icon to get the Create E-mail Hyperlink dialogue box.

wpeF.jpg (8655 bytes).

4. Type in your email address as per the example, and click OK.

Note: To test your links you must preview your page in the browser. To do this click on the icon on the top row of the toolbar. Internet Explorer will open up and display your page. From here you can click on your links to see if they work.


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