Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Inserting Hyperlinks Automatically

Word 2000 includes two ways to build hyperlinks automatically:

• You can type a URL, network address, or email address directly into the body of your document.

• You can use cut-and-paste or drag-and-drop between documents or Office applications.

Whenever you type an email address, a network path, or an Internet URL into the body of a Web page or Word document, Word makes it a hyperlink automatically. The display text is the same as the URL, network address, or email address. You do not need to open the Insert Hyperlink box or do anything extra to create the hyperlink. You may, however, want to edit the hyperlink to change the display text. You will learn more about editing hyperlinks in the "Editing Hyperlinks" ...