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Linking to a page on your website or on another website

You can create a link on a page to another page on your website or on another website. Use this option to link to any web page that is not a draft or recently published page.

If you want to link to a page on your website that was recently published or is a draft, see Linking to a draft or recently published page on your website.

To create a link to a page on your website or on another website:

  1. In your draft, do one of the following to indicate where the link will appear:
  2. Do one of the following to open the Insert Link dialog box:
  3. Click the Browse to Web Page button (Windows) or Browse button (Macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it is not already selected.
  4. Enter link text in the Link text text box, if you did not select text or an image in your draft.
  5. This is the text a website visitor clicks to go to the new page.

    Note: This text box is not available if you selected text or an image in the draft.

  6. Beside the Web address (URL) text box, click the Browse button to find the page you want to link to, and then click OK to close the dialog box.
  7. Tip: You can also copy and paste the web address in the text box from another source. If you click the Browse button, in the dialog box, you can click the Choose button if you prefer to browse the file structure or need to select a file that isn’t linked.

    When you select a page, a preview appears in the dialog box so that you can confirm that this is the page you want to link to.

  8. To set advanced options, do one of the following to expand the dialog box, then set the options you want.
  9. Click OK.
  10. Contribute adds the link to your draft.


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