Create Web Links in a Word Document

If you know the address to an existing Web page, you can type it directly into the Word document. For example, type www.microsoft.com, (be sure to press either the space bar or the enter key after it) and Word creates the hyperlink for you.   You may also copy the address from the web and paste it into the Word document.

You may change the style of hyperlinks in Word documents.

• In the menu bar click Format
• Click Style
• In the styles area, click Hyperlink
• Click the Modify button
• Select the options you want, click OK, OK, Apply

You may want to change the color of a followed link, especially if you are using the document as a source for students and don’t want them to know which sites the last student visited.

• In the menu bar click Format
• At the List box, click the down pointing triangle and click All Styles
• Scroll through the list to Followed Hyperlink
• Click Followed Hyperlink
• Click the Modify button
• Click the Format button
• Click Font  
• Drop down to select the color you want (same as the hyperlink), 
• Click OK, OK, Apply

Example - used at computer centers in 6th grade

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Last updated June 23, 2011 ~ Mrs. K. Bradley
kbradley@otsegoknights.org