Hyperlinking Text to a File or URL

You can link text to such things as an Internet address, an email address, a macro, a network file, or, heaven forbid , a hard-coded path to a file on your hard drive. (If you set up a hyperlink that points to a file on your computer's hard drive, others won't be able to get to the file when they click the hyperlink.)

The actual result to the text is that it changes to show that it's a hyperlink, similar to how linked words appear on a Web page.

If you link to a file, especially if the file isn't in a standard format like HTML or PDF, the person clicking the link must have the software installed to open the file. If you're working on a stand-alone computer but you plan on uploading the current file to a network, you can manually enter a relative path to a file on the network (for example, /net/sounds/cartman.wav ), so that when you upload the file, the link will work.

Figure 8-1. The Character window, Hyperlink tab