Pasting a Hyperlink

Summary: When you paste information into a document, you can specify that it be inserted as a hyperlink rather than as normal text. Doing so allows you to establish a link between the text and the original source of that text. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

A common editing task is copying information from one document and pasting it in another. By using a minor variation on pasting, you can actually cause your pasted information to appear as a hyperlink in a document. To paste information in this manner, follow these steps:

Select the information to be copied and press Ctrl+C. This copies the information to the Clipboard.
Position the insertion pointer where you want the link to appear.
Choose Paste As Hyperlink from the Edit menu or, in Word 2007, display the Home tab of the ribbon, click the down-arrow under Paste in the Clipboard group, then choose Paste As Hyperlink.

The information appears as a hyperlink in the document. If you click on it, you are taken directly to the spot in the original document from which it was copied. (In Word 2002 or later versions of Word, you need to hold down the Ctrl key as you click on the hyperlink in order to follow it to the original document.)

Tip #786 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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