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Hyperlinks

• Change the Hyperlink Colors
• Create a Hyperlink to a Microsoft Office or Other File
• Create a Hyperlink to a Page Inside Your Web Site
• Create a Hyperlink to a Page Outside Your Web Site
• Create an E-Mail Hyperlink
• Open a Hyperlink in a New Window

Change the Hyperlink Colors

To change the hyperlink colors on a Web page:

1. Right-click on the Web page and select Page Properties. The Page Properties window appears.
    
2. Click on the Formatting tab.
    
3. Under Colors, click on the Hyperlink, Visited hyperlink, and Active hyperlink down arrows and select the desired colors.
    
4. Click on the OK button. The hyperlink colors change.

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Create a Hyperlink to a Microsoft Office or Other File

IMPORTANT! To link to a file that's on the F: or C: drive (or other drive), you must first copy and paste the file into the main Web site folder. Then, you can create a hyperlink to the file that is in this folder. If you create a hyperlink to a file that is NOT located in the main Web site folder, then you will not be able to access the file via the Internet.

To create a hyperlink to a Microsoft Office or other file:

1. Copy and paste the file (.doc, .ppt, .xls, etc.) into the main web folder.
    

2. Select/highlight the text that you want to make into a hyperlink.
    

3. Right-click on the highlighted text and select Hyperlink. The Insert Hyperlink window appears.
    

4. Under Link to, make sure that Existing File or Web Page is selected.
    

5. Click on the file that you want to link to.
    

6. Click on the OK button. The hyperlink appears.

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Create a Hyperlink to a Page Inside Your Web Site

To create a hyperlink to a page that is inside your Web site:

1. Create and save the Web page that you want to link (this can be a blank page).
    
2. Select/highlight the text that you want to make into a hyperlink.
    
3. Right-click on the highlighted text and select Hyperlink. The Insert Hyperlink window appears.
   
   Note: You can also access the Insert Hyperlink window by pressing Ctrl + K.
    
4. Under Link to, make sure that Existing File or Web Page is selected.
    
5. Click on the Web page that you want to link to.
    
6. Click on the OK button. The hyperlink appears.

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Create a Hyperlink to a Page Outside Your Web Site

To create a hyperlink to a page that is outside your Web site:

1. Select/highlight the text that you want to make into a hyperlink.
    
2. Right-click on the highlighted text and select Hyperlink. The Insert Hyperlink window appears.
   
   Note: You can also access the Insert Hyperlink window by pressing Ctrl + K.
    
3. Under Link to, make sure that Existing File or Web Page is selected.
    
4. In the Address field, enter the full address of the Web page that you want to link to (e.g., http://www.monm.edu).
    
5. Click on the OK button. The hyperlink appears.

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Create an E-Mail Hyperlink

To create an e-mail hyperlink:

1. Select/highlight the text that you want to make into an e-mail hyperlink.
    
2. Right-click on the highlighted text and select Hyperlink. The Insert Hyperlink window appears.
   
   Note: You can also access the Insert Hyperlink window by pressing Ctrl + K.
    
3. Under Link to select E-mail Address.
    
4. In the E-mail address field, enter the e-mail address (e.g., jdoe@monm.edu).
    
5. Click on the OK button. The e-mail hyperlink appears.

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Open a Hyperlink in a New Window

To create a hyperlink so that opens in a new window:

1. Create the hyperlink.
    
2. Right-click on the hyperlink and select Hyperlink Properties. The Hyperlink Properties window appears.
    
3. Click on the Target Frame button. The Target Frame window appears.
    
4. Under Common targets, click on New Window, as shown circled below.

5. Click on the OK button. When you click on the hyperlink, it opens in a new window.

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