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How to Link Text Using Dreamweaver
Linking HTML text using Dreamweaver is very simple:
A HTML hyperlink is also known as an
anchor or
anchor text. It can be used to link text and/or images to other web pages or resources found on the Internet or within a local directory. In Dreamweaver they refer to it as a "Link" in the Property Inspector.
Linking text using Dreamweaver's Property Inspector link field:
1. Open your HTML document in Dreamweaver.
2. Find the text you want to link and highlight it with your cursor
Example below shows text "Home Page" I highlighted in Dreamweaver:
Example 1 showing highlighted text
3. With text already highlighted, locate the
Property Inspector at the bottom of your display. There you wll find the
Link field shown in
A below. Either manually type-in a url location of the file you are linking to or
Browse for the file by clicking the folder icon
B.
Example 2 showing Dreamweaver's Property Inspector link field
4. Save changes to your HTML document.