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The fastest way to create a basic hyperlink in a Microsoft 365 document is to press ENTER or the SPACEBAR after you type the address of an existing webpage, such as http://www.contoso.com. Microsoft 365 automatically converts the address into a link.

In addition to webpages, you can create links to existing or new files on your computer, to email addresses, and to specific locations in a document. You can also edit the address, display text, and font style or color of a hyperlink.

Notes:

If you want to remove links or stop Microsoft 365 from automatically adding hyperlinks, see Remove or turn off hyperlinks.
This article applies to desktop versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. A simplified set of hyperlink features is offered on Microsoft 365 Online. If you have a desktop version of Microsoft 365, you can edit your document there for more advanced hyperlink features, or you can try or buy the latest version of Microsoft 365.

Select the text or picture that you want to display as a hyperlink.
On ribbon, on the Insert tab, select Link.

You can also right-click the text or picture and click Link on the shortcut menu.
In the Insert Hyperlink box, type or paste your link in the Address box.

Note: If you don’t see the Address box, make sure Existing File or Web Page is selected under Link to.

Optionally, type different display text for your link in the Text to display box.

Note: If you don’t know the address for your hyperlink, click Browse the Web to locate the URL on the Internet and copy it.

Optional: To customize the ScreenTip that appears when you rest the pointer over the hyperlink, click ScreenTip in the top-right corner of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box and enter the text you want.

You can add a hyperlink to a file on your computer, or to a new file that you want to create on your computer.

Select the text or picture that you want to display as a hyperlink.
Press Ctrl+K.
Under Link to, do one of the following:
- To link to an existing file, click Existing File or Web Page under Link to, and then find the file in the Look in list or the Current Folder list.
- To create a new, blank file and link to it, click Create New Document under Link to, type a name for the new file, and either use the location shown under Full path or browse to a different save location by clicking Change. You can also choose whether to Edit the new document later or open and Edit the new document now.

Select the text or picture that you want to display as a hyperlink.
Press Ctrl+K.

You can also right-click the text or picture and click Link on the shortcut menu.
Under Link to, click E-mail Address.
Either type the email address that you want in the E-mail address box, or select an address in the Recently used e-mail addresses list.
In the Subject box, type the subject of the message.

Note: Some web browsers and email programs might not recognize the subject line.

You can also create a hyperlink to a blank email message by simply typing the address in the document. For example, type someone@example.com, and Microsoft 365 creates the hyperlink for you (unless you turned off automatic formatting of hyperlinks).

You can create hyperlinks that link to a Word document or Outlook email message that includes heading styles or bookmarks. You can also link to slides or custom shows in PowerPoint presentations and specific cells and sheets in Excel spreadsheets.

Tips:

Learn about adding bookmarks.
To add a heading style, select your heading text, click the Home tab in Word or the Format Text tab in Outlook, and select a style in the Styles group.

Create a hyperlink to a location in the current document

Select the text or picture that you want to display as a hyperlink.
Press Ctrl+K.

You can also right-click the text or picture and click Link on the shortcut menu.
Under Link to, click Place in This Document.
In the list, select the heading (current document only), bookmark, slide, custom show, or cell reference that you want to link to.

Create a hyperlink to a location in another document

Select the text or picture that you want to display as a hyperlink.
Press Ctrl+K.

You can also right-click the text or picture and click Link on the shortcut menu.
Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
In the Look in box, click the down arrow, and find and select the file that you want to link to.
Click Bookmark, select the heading, bookmark, slide, custom show, or cell reference that you want, and then click OK.

To change the address or display text of a hyperlink you added, right-click the link and click Edit Hyperlink.
To change the appearance of a hyperlink, such as font style, size, or color, right-click the link and click Font on the shortcut menu, or click a style option on the mini toolbar that appears.
To customize the ScreenTip that appears when you rest the pointer over the hyperlink, right-click the link, click Edit Hyperlink, click ScreenTip in the top-right corner of the dialog box, and enter the text you want.

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To link to a website or document, highlight the text. Click the «Insert» tab, then «Link». Find your file or paste your website link. Click «OK».
Click «E-mail Address» in the Hyperlink menu. Enter an email address and subject, then click «OK».
Click «Insert», then «Bookmark» to save a position in the document. Click «Place in This Document» in the Hyperlink menu, then click the bookmark.

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Select the text or image that you want to turn into a link. You can turn any text or image in your document into a link. Highlight the text or click the image that you want to convert into a hyperlink.
- To insert an image into your document, click the Insert tab and select «Pictures.» You’ll be able to browse your computer for an image file to add. You can also insert clip art to use as a link.
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Press ⌘ Command+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows). This opens the Insert Hyperlink window. You can also get to this menu by clicking the Insert tab and then clicking the Link button in the toolbar.
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Select Existing File or Web Page from the left panel. More options will appear in the right panel.
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Select a file or enter a web address. You can choose to link to an existing document, a new document, or a website.
- To link to a website or a file that’s accessible on the web, type or paste the full address (including the «https://» at the beginning) into the «Address» field near the bottom of the window.
- To link to a file on your computer or local network, select that file in the center panel. If it’s in the current folder, click Current folder to open its contents. If you opened it recently, click Recent Files to browse those. You can also use the menus at the top to navigate to the correct folder and select the file.
- To create a new blank document instead of opening a certain file, click Create a new document in the left menu, then choose a location for the document.
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Set a ScreenTip (optional). You can change the text that appears when the user hovers the cursor over the link by clicking the ScreenTip button at the top-right corner and specifying your text.
- If you don’t change it, the screen tip will display the website address or file path.
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Click OK to save your link. To open the link within the Word document, hold Command (Mac) or CTRL (Windows) and click the link.
- If you want to remove the hyperlink, right-click the hyperlink and select Remove Hyperlink.^[2]

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Open a project in Microsoft Word. This looks like a W on top of a blue square.
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Select the text or click the image you want to turn into an email link. You can use any text or image in your document. When you’re finished with this method, clicking the selected text or image will bring up a new email message to the address of your choice.
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Press ⌘ Command+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows). This opens the Insert Hyperlink window. You can also get to this menu by clicking the Insert tab and then clicking the Link button in the toolbar.
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Click E-Mail Address in the left panel. This allows you to set up the blank message.
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Enter the e-mail address and subject. This will be the address that the reader will be sending the email to. What you enter into the «Subject» field will be automatically filled in for the reader, but they will be able to change it if they want.
- If you use Outlook, you’ll see recently used email addresses in the field at the bottom of the window. Feel free to select one of those.
- Some mail apps, especially web-based email apps, may not recognize the subject line.
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Set a ScreenTip (optional). You can change the text that appears when the user hovers the cursor over the link by clicking the ScreenTip button at the top-right corner and specifying your text. If you don’t change it, the screen tip will show the email address.
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Click OK to save your link. To open the link within the Word document, hold Command (Mac) or CTRL (Windows) and click the link.
- If you want to remove the hyperlink, right-click the hyperlink and select Remove Hyperlink.

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Open a project in Microsoft Word. This looks like a W on top of a blue square.
- You must have a subscription to use Office 365.
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Place your cursor at the location you want to link to. You can use the Bookmark tool to create links to specific spots in your document. This is great for tables of contents, glossaries, and citations. You can highlight a portion of text, select an image, or just place your cursor in the spot you want.
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Click the Insert tab. It’s in the menu bar at the top of Word, between Home and Draw.
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Click the Bookmark icon. It’s in the toolbar at the top of Word in the «Links» section.
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Enter a name for the bookmark. Make sure the name is descriptive enough that you’ll be able to recognize it. This is especially important if you are using a lot of bookmarks or more than one person is editing the document.
- Bookmark names have to start with letters but can also contain numbers. You can’t use spaces, but you can use underscores instead (e.g. «Chapter_1»).
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Click Add to insert the bookmark. Bookmarks will appear on the page surrounded by brackets. You won’t see the bookmark on the page if you’re using the current version of Word, but in earlier versions, it may be surrounded by brackets.
- If you want to see brackets around the bookmark so you don’t forget where you placed it, click the File menu, select Options, and click Advanced in the left panel. Then, scroll down the right panel and check the box next to «Show bookmarks» under the «Show document content» header.
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Select the text or image you want to create the link from. Highlight the text or click the image that you want to turn into a link to your bookmark.
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Press ⌘ Command+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows). This opens the Insert Hyperlink window. You can also get to this menu by clicking the Insert tab and then clicking the Link button in the toolbar.
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Click Place in This Document in the left panel. This displays a navigation tree with your heading styles and bookmarks.
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Select the bookmark you want to link to. Expand the «Bookmarks» tree if it isn’t already and select the bookmark you created. You can also select from heading styles you’ve applied throughout the document.
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Set a ScreenTip (optional). To change the text that appears when the user rests the cursor over the link, click the Screen Tip button at the top-right corner. If you don’t change the text, the screen tip will display the website address or file path.
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Click OK to save your link. To test the hyperlink, hold Command (Mac) or CTRL (Windows) and click the link.
- This will recenter the view to the line on which you placed the bookmark.
- If you want to remove the hyperlink, right-click the hyperlink and select Remove Hyperlink.

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What hyperlinks are inserted into a document by default?

A link to any website or a file with a url will become a hyperlink automatically after you press the space bar, tab key, or return/enter key.
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How can I add hyperlinks to Microsoft Word?

Edit>Add Hyperlink>add the link. To test the link, Ctrl+Click and it should get you there.
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How can I embed a hyperlink into a word or phrase in a Word document?

Highlight the word/phrase you want to embed a link into, got into the insert tab, press link. A box that says «insert hyperlink» on the top should pop up, copy/type the link you want into the box at the bottom that says «address» and then press «ok» and you are done!

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1. Select the text or object you want to turn into a hyperlink.
2. Click the Insert tab.
3. Click the Link button in the toolbar.
4. Click Existing File or Web Page in the left and enter the URL.
5. To link to another file instead of a website, leave the «»Address»» bar blank and select the file instead.
6. Click OK.

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This tutorial shows how to create external hyperlinks in Microsoft Word. Specifically, we will create links to separate files, websites, and email addresses. We will also look at how to edit or remove hyperlinks. Lastly, we will go through the steps to turn off automatic hyperlinking in Word.

Quick Links:

How to Create Hyperlinks to Separate Files, Websites, and Emails
How to Edit or Remove Hyperlinks
How to Turn Off Automatic Hyperlinking

Do you want to add some pizzazz to your hyperlinks? Please visit “How to Change the Style of Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word.”

This tutorial is also available as a YouTube video showing all the steps in real time.

Watch more than fifty other videos about Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat on my YouTube channel.

The images below are from Word for Microsoft 365. The steps are the same for Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, and Word 2010. However, your interface may look slightly different in those older versions of the software.

How to Create Hyperlinks to Separate Files, Websites, and Emails in Microsoft Word

The steps below show how to create hyperlinks to separate files, websites, and email addresses. These steps can be applied to text or to an image.

Important Note: There are several ways to create hyperlinks in Word. These steps represent the method I believe is the most user-friendly.

Select the text or image you want to turn into a hyperlink.

Figure 1. Text selected for hyperlinking

Right-click the selected text or image, and then select Link from the shortcut menu.

Figure 2. Shortcut link option

Pro Tip: You can also select Link from the Insert tab in the ribbon. In addition, PC users can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + K.

How to Link to a Separate File or Website

Select the Existing File or Web Page option in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.

Figure 3. Existing File or Web Page option

If you want to link to a separate file, locate and select the file in the Look in section. The file name will appear in the Address text box after you make your selection.

Friendly Reminder: Your readers will only be able to open the file you are linking to if it is stored in a location they can access, such as a shared server or cloud storage.

Figure 6. “Look in” section

If you want to link to a website, enter the URL (including the https:// or http://) in the Address text box.

Figure 5. Address text box

How to Link to an Email Address

Select the E-mail Address option.

Figure 6. E-mail Address option

Enter the address in the E-mail Address text box.

Important Note: When you start typing, Word will automatically insert mailto: before the address. This term is required to open the email link.

Figure 7. E-mail address text box

(Optional Step) Enter a subject into the Subject text box.

Figure 8. Subject text box

Select the OK button to close the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.

Figure 12. Insert Hyperlink OK button

Your text or image should now be converted to a hyperlink.

Figure 13. Example hyperlink

Pro Tip: To follow a hyperlink in Word, press the Ctrl key on your keyboard while selecting the link.

How to Edit or Remove Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word

Right-click the hyperlink and select Edit Hyperlink or Remove Hyperlink from the shortcut menu.

Figure 14. Hyperlink shortcut menu

If you selected Edit Hyperlink, edit the link in the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.

Figure 15. Edit Hyperlink dialog box

Select the OK button to close the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.

Figure 16. Edit Hyperlink OK button

If you selected Remove Hyperlink, the link should be removed from the text or image immediately.

How to Turn Off Automatic Hyperlinking in Microsoft Word

Word will automatically create a hyperlink to any full web address or email address typed in your document.

To remove a hyperlink, you can right-click it and select Remove Hyperlink, as shown in figure 14, above.

However, you can stop Word from creating links by turning off automatic hyperlinking.

Select the File tab in the ribbon.

Figure 17. File tab

Select the Options tab in the Backstage view.

Figure 18. Options tab

Select the Proofing tab in the Word Options dialog box.

Figure 19. Proofing tab

Select the AutoCorrect Options button.

Figure 20. AutoCorrect Options button

Select the AutoFormat As You Type tab in the AutoCorrect dialog box.

Figure 21. AutoFormat As You Type tab

Uncheck the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks option.

Figure 22. “Internet and network paths with hyperlinks” option

Select the OK button to close the AutoCorrect dialog box.

Figure 23. AutoCorrect OK button

Select the OK button to close the Word Options dialog box.

Figure 24. Word Options OK button

Word should no longer automatically create hyperlinks in your document.

Related Resources

How to Create External Links in PDFs with Adobe Acrobat

Three Ways to Insert Tables in Microsoft Word

How to Insert Citations in Microsoft Word

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Highlight the text you want to use as a link. Go to Insert > Links > Link (or right click the text and select Link) Type the URL for the link destination into the Address field. Click OK to create your hyperlink.

Contents

1 How do you make words into a clickable link?
2 How do you link a word to another in Word?
3 How do I create a URL?
4 How do you hyperlink on iPhone?
5 How do you copy a link and make it clickable?
6 How do I make a Word document active?
7 How do I create a Link to a file in an email?
8 What is a URL example?
9 How do I create a hyperlink in an email on my iPhone?
10 Can you send a hyperlink in a text message?
11 How do I copy a link to a Word document?
12 How do I make a URL link?
13 How do I copy text from a website that Cannot be copied?
14 How do I activate a document?
15 What is an active document?
16 How do I activate a word in VBA?
17 How do I send a document as a link?
18 How do I create a link to a file?
19 What are the 3 parts of a URL?
20 What does a URL look like?

How do you make words into a clickable link?

Select the text or picture that you want to display as a hyperlink. Press Ctrl+K. You can also right-click the text or picture and click Link on the shortcut menu. In the Insert Hyperlink box, type or paste your link in the Address box.

How do you link a word to another in Word?

The hyperlink can be text or graphics.
Add the link

Select the text or object you want to use as a hyperlink.
Right-click and then click Hyperlink .
Under Link to, click Place in This Document.
In the list, select the heading or bookmark that you want to link to.

How do I create a URL?

How to Make a Free URL

Create a free website on Webs.com. You will create a “site address” during registration that will become your free URL.
Use Google Sites to create your free URL.
Register for a free website with Bravenet.

How do you hyperlink on iPhone?

On your iPad or iPhone

On your iPhone, tap Edit. at the top of your screen, and then tap Home.
Tap Insert > Link.
Enter the address of your link and the text to display.
On your iPhone, tap Done. On your iPad, simply tap outside the dialog to dismiss it.

How do you copy a link and make it clickable?

How to Copy & Paste a Hyperlink

Scroll over the hyperlink while holding down your left mouse button.
Hit “Ctrl” + “C” on your keyboard to copy the hyperlink.
Open the document or location into which you want to paste the hyperlink.
Select “Ctrl” + “V.” You have now pasted the hyperlink.

How do I make a Word document active?

To manage open document windows:

To create another instance of the current document, click the New Window icon.
To bring a document to the front and make it the active document, choose its name from the Switch Windows menu (Figure 4.13).
To view all open documents at the same time, click Arrange All.

How do I create a Link to a file in an email?

Right click and drag the file into the body of your email. Shortcut menu displays. Click Create Hyperlink Here. A link to your file displays containing the full path and file name of your document.

What is a URL example?

Also known as a internet address or web address, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a form of URI and standardized naming convention for addressing documents accessible over the Internet and Intranet. An example of a URL is https://www.computerhope.com, which is the URL for the Computer Hope website.

How do I create a hyperlink in an email on my iPhone?

You can easily add websites to an email in your iPhone’s Mail app. All you have to do is type out the whole URL, put a space after, and then send the message off. It should automatically show up in the recipient’s email inbox linked and ready to be clicked on.

Can you send a hyperlink in a text message?

The short answer is yes, you can put hyperlinks in text messages. As phones get smarter and smarter, you’re able to send recipients from a text message to a video, a mobile form, a website, and hopefully, in the future, to a VR.

How do I copy a link to a Word document?

Make sure that the document from which you want to copy is saved to disk. (If it is not saved, then Word cannot construct a hyperlink to the information in that document.) Select the information to be copied and press Ctrl+C. This copies the information to the Clipboard.

How do I make a URL link?

How do I add a web link or URL?

Go to Resources.
To the right of the folder you would like to add the web link, click Add / Add Web Links (URLs).
Enter (or paste) the web site address (URL) and enter a name of the link.
You can add as many web links as you want.

How do I copy text from a website that Cannot be copied?

If you want to copy text from a website that disabled text selection, press CTRL + U to open the website source code and copy the text directly from there.

How do I activate a document?

You can also activate a document via the context menu: Right-click the document name or icon and choose Activate from the context menu. In the same way, you can also activate all documents of a document group or document set at the same time by right-clicking the group or set and selecting Activate all documents.

What is an active document?

The active document owns a set of data and has access to storage where the data can be saved and retrieved. It can create and manage one or more views on its data.

How do I activate a word in VBA?

Activate Word Document (vba)

Sub wdTest()
Dim WordApp As Object.
‘ same behaviour if defined:
‘Dim WordApp As Word.Application.
Dim WDoc As String.
Dim myDoc As String.
myDoc = “myTest”
WDoc = ThisWorkbook.Path & “” & myDoc & “”.doc””

How do I send a document as a link?

To link a file, email, or document location, you’ll follow the same initial process to open the Insert Hyperlink tool. On Windows, select the text and then do one of the following: Right-click and pick Link. Go to the Insert tab, click Links, and choose Link.

How do I create a link to a file?

Hold down Shift on your keyboard and right-click on the file, folder, or library for which you want a link. Then, select “”Copy as path”” in the contextual menu. If you’re using Windows 10, you can also select the item (file, folder, library) and click or tap on the “”Copy as path”” button from File Explorer’s Home tab.

What are the 3 parts of a URL?

Using the URL of this article as an example, the three basic parts of a URL you should understand are the protocol, the domain name and the path.

What does a URL look like?

In its most common form, a URL starts with “”http://”” or “”https://”” followed by “”www,”” then the website name. That can then be followed by the address of directories on that web page, followed by the location of specific pages.A URL is also called a web address because it works like a house address.

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Related Resources

How do you make words into a clickable link?

How do you link a word to another in Word?

How do I create a URL?

How do you hyperlink on iPhone?

How do you copy a link and make it clickable?

How do I make a Word document active?

How do I create a Link to a file in an email?

What is a URL example?

How do I create a hyperlink in an email on my iPhone?

Can you send a hyperlink in a text message?

How do I copy a link to a Word document?

How do I make a URL link?

How do I copy text from a website that Cannot be copied?

How do I activate a document?

What is an active document?

How do I activate a word in VBA?

How do I send a document as a link?

How do I create a link to a file?

What are the 3 parts of a URL?

What does a URL look like?