This refers to a link embedded in a document, the link can point to a predefined position in the same document or another document/file stored locally or on a different server/computer. To use a Hyperlink you can simply click on it with the left mouse button, when clicked a browser will follow the link to its destination.

To create a hyperlink in HTML it is done with the use of the <a href=""> and </a> tags, the destination for the link is inserted inside the speech marks "" and the text for the Hyperlink (the underlined link text) is placed between the <a href=""> and </a> tags.

For example the destination for the Hyperlink to the HTML page in the last sentence is http://www.helpwithpcs.com/jargon/html.htm and the text we used was HTML, so to create the Hyperlink we would use

<a href="http://www.helpwithpcs.com/jargon/html.htm">HTML</a>

For more on HTML and HTML tags click here.

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