Create a hyperlink

Microsoft Word creates a hyperlink for you when you type the address of an existing Web page, such as www.microsoft.com, if the automatic formatting of hyperlinks has not been turned off. You can also create customized links.

Select the text or picture you want to display as the hyperlink, and then click Insert Hyperlink on the Standard toolbar.
Do one of the following:
Link to an existing file or Web page
1. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
2. In the Address box, type the address you want to link to or, in the Look in box, click the down arrow, and navigate to and select the file.
Link to a file you haven't created yet
1. Under Link to, click Create New Document.
2. In the Name of new document box, type the name of the new file.
3. Under When to edit, click either Edit the new document later or Edit the new document now.
Note To assign a ScreenTip that displays when you rest the mouse over the hyperlink, click ScreenTip, and then type the text you want. Word uses the path or address of the file as the tip if you do not specify one.
If you are working with frames pages, specify which frame will display the destination of the hyperlink.
How?
1. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click Target Frame.
2. In the Set Target Frame dialog box, under Current frames page, click the frame in the diagram where you want the destination of the hyperlink to appear.
  Notes
  You can also set the target frame by clicking the down arrow in the Select the frame where you want the document to appear box.
  In addition to specifying a frame that you name, you can also specify a hyperlink to open a page in the same frame, in the "parent" frames page, or in a new window.

Select the text or picture you want to display as the hyperlink, and then click Insert Hyperlink on the Standard toolbar.
Under Link to, click E-mail Address.
Either type the e-mail address you want in the E-mail address box, or select an e-mail address in the Recently used e-mail addresses box.
In the Subject box, type the subject of the e-mail message.
Notes
Some Web browsers and e-mail programs might not recognize the subject line.

To assign a ScreenTip to display when you rest the mouse over the hyperlink, click ScreenTip and then type the text you want. Word uses "mailto" followed by the e-mail address and the subject line as the tip if you do not specify one.

Show Tip

You can also create a hyperlink to an e-mail address by typing the address in the document. For example, type someone@example.com, and Word creates the hyperlink for you.

Insert a bookmark in the destination file or Web page.
Open the file that you want to link from, and select the text or object you want to display as the hyperlink.
On the Standard toolbar, click Insert Hyperlink .
Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
In the Look in box, click the down arrow, and navigate to and select the file that you want to link to.
Click Bookmark, select the bookmark you want, and then click OK.
Note To assign a ScreenTip to display when you rest the mouse over the hyperlink in the source file, click ScreenTip and then type the text you want. Word uses the path to the file, including the bookmark name, as the tip if you do not specify one.
If you are working with frames pages, specify which frame will display the destination of the hyperlink.
How?
1. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click Target Frame.
2. In the Set Target Frame dialog box, under Current frames page, click the frame in the diagram where you want the destination of the hyperlink to appear.
  Notes
  You can also set the target frame by clicking the down arrow in the Select the frame where you want the document to appear box.
  In addition to specifying a frame that you name, you can also specify a hyperlink to open a page in the same frame, in the "parent" frames page, or in a new window.

Show Tip

From Word documents, you can create links to specific locations in files that are saved in Microsoft Excel (.xls) or PowerPoint (.ppt) format. To link to a specific location in an Excel workbook, create a defined name in the workbook, and then at the end of the file name in the hyperlink, type # (number sign) followed by the defined name. To link to a specific slide in a PowerPoint presentation, type # followed by the slide number after the file name.

To link to a place in the current document, you can use either heading styles or bookmarks in Word.
In the current document, do one of the following:
- Insert a bookmark at the location you want to go to.
- Apply one of Word's built-in heading styles to the text at the location you want to go to.
Select the text or object you want to display as the hyperlink.
On the Standard toolbar, click Insert Hyperlink .
Under Link to, click Place in This Document.
In the list, select the heading or bookmark you want to link to.
Note To assign a ScreenTip to be displayed when you rest the mouse over the hyperlink, click ScreenTip, and then type the text you want. For links to headings, Word uses "Current document" as the tip if you do not specify one; for links to bookmarks, Word uses the bookmark name.
If you are working with frames pages, specify which frame will display the destination of the hyperlink.
How?
1. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click Target Frame.
2. In the Set Target Frame dialog box, under Current frames page, click the frame in the diagram where you want the destination of the hyperlink to appear.
  Notes
  You can also set the target frame by clicking the down arrow in the Select the frame where you want the document to appear box.
  In addition to specifying a frame that you name, you can also specify a hyperlink to open a page in the same frame, in the "parent" frames page, or in a new window.

You can create a hyperlink quickly by dragging selected text or pictures from a Word document or Microsoft PowerPoint slide, a selected range in Microsoft Excel, a selected database object in Microsoft Access, or a Web address or hyperlink from some Web browsers.

The text you copy must come from a file that has already been saved.

Display both files on the screen.
If you are dragging text between two Word files, open both files, and then click Arrange All on the Window menu. If you are dragging text between two programs, resize the windows of both programs so you can see them at the same time.
In the destination document or worksheet, select the text, graphic, or other item you want to jump to.
Right-click and drag the selection to the document where you want to create the hyperlink.
As you drag the selection into your document, a shortcut menu appears.
Click Create Hyperlink Here.

Notes

You can also copy and paste text as a hyperlink to achieve the same effect. Copy the text you want to the Clipboard, click where you want to insert the text, and then click Paste as Hyperlink on the Edit menu.
You cannot drag and drop drawing objects, such as AutoShapes, to create hyperlinks. To create a hyperlink for a drawing object, select the object and then click Insert Hyperlink on the Standard toolbar.