Lesson 20: Working with Hyperlinks: Word 2007

The following guide provides a clear overview of Word 2007, with the most relevant background, details, and practical takeaways.

Do you see links that work on these sites, allowing you to move from one site to another? You only need to use a link to open this lesson. This is called hyperlink. You can use them in soft copies of Word documents, just like you do in web pages. In this article, you'll learn the basics of working with hyperlinks, including how to insert and remove them in your Word 2007 document.

Insert Hyperlink

Select the text or image you want to create hyperlink.
Select the Insert tab.
Click Hyperlink in the Links section. The Insert Hyperlink dialog box will appear. If you have selected text, the words will appear in the Text to display field: at the top.
Enter the address you want to link to in the Address: field.

Click OK. The text or image you selected will now be a hyperlink.

Lesson 20: Working with Hyperlinks: Word 2007 – Insert Hyperlink (2)

Turn an Email Address into a Hyperlink:

Enter your email address.
Highlight the text and select the Insert tab.
Click on the Hyperlink in the Links section and the Insert Hyperlink dialog box will appear.
On the left of the Link to: box, click Email Address.
The Insert Hyperlink box will change to the box shown above.
Enter the email address you want to connect to the Email Address box, then click OK.

You can also insert a hyperlink linked to another part of the same document.

Word also recognizes many email and web addresses, if you enter and format them into automatic hyperlinks, after you press the Enter key or the spacebar.