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You can use the enhanced text editor to add hyperlinks to external documents or to anchors within your page or post, as well as remove hyperlinks and anchors.

You can add a hyperlink using the enhanced text editor Insert/edit link button.

  1. Open the page or post in the editing mode and highlight the text you want to hyperlink.
  2. Click the Insert/edit link button on the enhanced text editor toolbar . The insert/edit link dialog box appears.

  3. Enter the URL to the page you want to link to in the Link URL or Page data field or select an anchor from the Anchors drop-down list. In addition, you have two optional fields:
    • Target - Specifies the action that will be taken when you click on the link. You can specify any of the following:
      • Open in this window / frame - When you click on the link, the hyperlinked page displays in your current browser window.
      • Open in new window (_blank) - When you click on the link, the hyperlinked page opens in a new browser window.
      • Open in parent window / frame (_parent) - Used in sites with frames. When you click on the link, the hyperlinked page opens in the parent frame rather than the current frame.
      • Open in top frame - Used in sites with frames. When you click on the link, the hyperlinked page opens in the top frame.
      • Title - Allows you to title the hyperlink, which you or other users can see when the cursor hovers over the link, as shown below.

  4. Click Insert.

You can modify a hyperlink using the enhanced text editor Insert/edit link button, or you can right-click the link and select Insert/edit link.

  1. Open the page or post in the editing mode and highlight the hyperlink you want to modify.
  2. Click the Insert/edit link button on the enhanced text editor toolbar . The insert/edit link dialog appears.

     

  3. Highlight the link URL. Paste the desired link over it.
  4. Click Insert.
  1. Right-click the hyperlink you want to remove.
  2. Select "Unlink."

Add an anchor

With an anchor, you can use a hyperlink to link to certain location on the page.

  1. Open the page or post in the editing mode.
  2. Locate where you want to direct a link to, and click the Anchor button on the enhanced text editor toolbar. The Insert Anchor dialog box appears.



  3. Enter a name for the anchor. It cannot contain spaces.
  4. Click Insert. An anchor symbol appears where you have inserted the anchor.



  5. Click Insert.

Jump to an anchor on the page

You can jump to an anchor on the same page, or you can hyperlink to the anchor from another page.

  1. In the edit, window highlight the text you want to link.
  2. Click Insert/edit link on the enhanced editor toolbar. The Insert/edit link dialog box appears.
  3. In the Anchors drop-down list, select the name of the desired anchor.
  4. Click Insert.
  5. Save the document. When you click the link text, you will jump to the anchor location.