Then, right click on the highlighted text and choose Hyperlink from the flyout menu (way down toward the bottom):Īt the top, you see “Text to display” at the bottom, you see “Address.” To keep the URL text in the document, simply click the OK button-Word has automatically used the highlighted text as the “Text to display” and the same URL as the “Address”:Īlternatively, you could replace the “Text to display” with something else. First, type the URL into the document, then highlight it with your cursor: If you’re like me and would rather turn off such autoformatting, you can still create a hyperlink manually. On the AutoFormat tab, make sure the box for “Internet and network paths with hyperlinks” is checked: If you type a hyperlink, e.g.,, and it does not automatically link, you can turn on this setting by going to FILE → Options, so this window opens:įrom here, click on Proofing on the left-hand side, then on the AutoCorrect Options button toward the top: Oftentimes, your user settings will be specified to automatically convert a typed URL into a hyperlink. This process is relatively straightforward. Creating Simple Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word
Let’s start with learning how to create simple hyperlinks. This article describes, with the aid of screenshots, how to hyperlink content and create a linked table of contents (TOC).