Word automatically creates a hyperlink for you when you press Enter or the Spacebar after you type a URL, such as http://www.contoso.com.
If you want to create a link to text or a picture, or a specific place in a document, you can do that too.
Link to a file, webpage, or blank email message
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Select the text or picture to use as a link, and then on the Insert tab, select
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In the Insert Hyperlink box, do one of the following:
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To link to a webpage or file, select Web Page or File, and in the Address box, type a URL or choose Select to browse to a file.
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To link to a specific place within the document, select This Document, and choose the location for the link (such as the top of the document or to a specific heading).
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To link to a blank email message, select Email Address, and type an email address and subject for the message.
Tip: To change the ScreenTip that appears when you rest the pointer over the hyperlink, select ScreenTip and type the text. If you don't specify a tip, Word uses the path or address of the file as the tip.
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Select OK.
Create a hyperlink (bookmark) to a specific place in a document
Creating bookmarks is a two-step process: you mark the link destination, and then you add the hyperlink. The hyperlink can be within a document or between documents.
Step 1: Mark the link destination
First, insert a bookmark or use a heading style to mark a location. Heading styles work only when you're linking to a location in the current document.
Insert a bookmark
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Select the text to which you want to assign a bookmark, or choose where you want to insert a bookmark.
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On the Insert tab, select Bookmark.
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Under Bookmark name, type a name.
Bookmark names must begin with a letter and can contain numbers. You can't include spaces in a bookmark name, but you can use the underscore character to separate words—for example, First_heading.
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Select Add.
Apply a heading style
When you're linking to a location in the same document, you can apply one of the built-in heading styles to the text at the location you want to go to. In the current document, do the following:
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Select the text to which you want to apply a heading style.
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On the Home tab, select Styles Pane, and choose the style to use.
For example, if you selected text to style as a main heading, choose the style called Heading 1 in the Apply a style gallery.
Step 2: Add a link to a location in the current document
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Select the text or object to display as the hyperlink.
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On the Insert tab, select
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Select This Document, and then expand >Headings or >Bookmarks depending on what you want to link to.
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Choose the heading or bookmark to link to, and then select OK.
Turn off automatic hyperlinks
If you don't want Word to automatically convert URLs to hyperlinks as you type, you can turn this off.
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On the Word menu, select Preferences and choose
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Select AutoFormat as You Type, and then clear the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check box.
In an Excel worksheet, you can create a hyperlink to a webpage, another document, an email address, or a specific place within the Excel worksheet.
Create a hyperlink to a webpage
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Select the cell or object that to make into a hyperlink.
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On the Insert tab, select
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Select the Web Page or File tab, and then enter an address in the Address box.
You can also choose Select and browse to the address you want.
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Select OK.
Create a hyperlink to a document or an email address
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Select the cell or object that you want to make into a hyperlink.
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On the Insert tab, and then select
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Do one of the following:
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On the This Document tab, type a cell reference or select a place in the document.
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On the Email Address tab, enter an email address or choose from recently used email addresses.
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Select OK
Create a hyperlink to a specific place in the document
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Select the cell or object that you want to make into a hyperlink.
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On the Insert tab, select
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On the This Document tab, type a cell reference or select a place in the document.
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Select OK
Edit a hyperlink
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Hold down the control key, select the hyperlink, and then choose Edit Hyperlink.
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Make the changes that you want, and then select OK.
You can create a hyperlink from text or from an object, such as a picture, graph, shape, or WordArt and link to a webpage, a slide in the same presentation, a different presentation, and even email addresses from the Insert Hyperlink dialog. You can select hyperlinks and view their ScreenTips when you play your presentation as a slide show.
Open the Insert Hyperlink dialog box
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In the Normal view, select the text, shape, or picture that you want to use as a hyperlink.
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On the Insert tab, select
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The Insert Hyperlink dialog shows.
Text to Display: The linked text in the document.
ScreenTip: Text shown when you mouse over the linked text.
Link to a webpage
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On the Insert tab, select
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In the Insert Hyperlink dialog type the Address of the webpage or the file link to on the Web Page or File tab.
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Select OK.
Link to a slide in the same presentation
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In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, select This Document.
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Under Select a place in this document, choose the slide to link to.
Link to a different presentation
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In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, select Web Page or File.
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Choose Select and then select the presentation or file to link to.
Note: PowerPoint for Mac can't link to a specific slide on another presentation.
Link to email addresses
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In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, select the Email Address tab.
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In the Email address box, type the email address to link to, or in the Recently used email addresses box, select an email address.
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In the Subject box, type the subject of the email message.
Format a hyperlink
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Select and control+click the link to format, and then choose Font.
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In the Font box, change the font type, style, size, color and any other effects as you like.
