Insert a link in a document

Bowey123

I have a document and I would like various words in that document to link to another document. Is that possible in Microsoft word? Eg please see here for further information. The see would be underlined and it will take you to another document

mta999

Are you planning to keep these documents on your local hard drive or are they destined to go on the internet somewhere

itsthelittlethings

Yes, pretty sure there is a way to do this. Insert>link is my best guest. Either look in a tab called insert or type insert link in the search box at the top.

Exodi

While a simple question on the face of it, it can become complicated quickly.

The basic answer is after highlighting the text you want to house the link (assuming you have the current version of Word), you can either navigate to the 'Insert' tab and then click 'Link', or easier, just right click and select Link.

Unfortunately inserting nefarious links in otherwise innocent looking documents is one of the most common ways for nefarious actors to compromise a PC. Therefore it is common that in particular settings the document may be restricted from opening links.

Likewise as @mta999 is getting at, you should be clear that the link is online and not local.

If you are linking to a file on your computer, should someone open the same link on their computer, it would look in the same location (in the documents folder) and not find the file.

Bowey123

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81998168#Comment_81998168

I am building a website. It is not online yet. But I want it to link to various other pages on the site.
maybe better to wait until it is up?

Vitor

It depends what you mean by “document” here.

If you are building actual web pages, then you normally create links between pages using the website editor or HTML links. You do not need to wait until the site is live, but you should use relative/internal links where possible and test them before publishing.

If you mean Word documents or PDFs that will be uploaded to the website, that is slightly different. You can put hyperlinks inside those documents, but the links need to point to the final web addresses once the files are uploaded. Links to files on your own computer will not work for visitors.

MyRealNameToo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81998228#Comment_81998228

What are you using to build the website? A CMS or static pages?

Word would be an odd choice to mock up a website, what aspects are you trying to capture? Design? Content? Structure? All?

You can create basic HTML files and interlink them and just navigate through them, only if you want to have dynamic features or use relative links etc do you need a server but even then there are plenty of free web servers you can run locally if you do want more advanced features

outtatune

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81998228#Comment_81998228

Do not do this with Word documents. Use actual web pages. Also, if you are creating links to other pages, make the link text descriptive:

❌ Please see here for further information

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