Paste a hyperlink or hyperlink address
- Navigate to a hyperlink or hyperlink address in one of the following ways:
- Open a document that contains the hyperlink or the hyperlink address.
- In a Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the page that contains the hyperlink or hyperlink address.
- Do one of the following:
- In the document, select the hyperlink or the hyperlink address, and then click Copy on the Edit menu.
- In the Web browser, select the address in the Address box or select a hyperlink address anywhere on a page, right-click the selection, and then click Copy Shortcut on the shortcut menu.
- Open a data access page in your Web browser.
- Place the insertion point in a text box that accepts hyperlinks on the page.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
- Navigate to an Internet shortcut (such as an icon on your desktop).
- Right-click the Internet shortcut, and then use the right mouse button to drag the shortcut to a text box that accepts hyperlinks on the data access page.
- Place the insertion point in a text box that accepts hyperlink addresses.
- Type a valid hyperlink address. A hyperlink address can have up to four parts that are separated by the number sign (#):
displaytext#address#subaddress#screentip
The following example includes displaytext, address, and screentip. Note that it also includes the # for subaddress, which has been omitted:
Microsoft Corporation#http://example.microsoft.com/##Example page for Microsoft Corporation
Click Refresh
on the Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbar to see the hyperlink address displayed as a formatted hyperlink.