Anchors and Links
Linking To Local File
Links allow you to jump to another location in a document or to another document. To create a link, you put in an "anchor" that states what text to display and where to jump to if a reader clicks on the text.
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HTML <a href="Overview.html">Project Overview</a> |
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Linking To A URL
Links can be to any URL on the Web.
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">
New York Times </a>
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Linking To A Location Within A Document
First, name the location you want to link to by placing an anchor there:
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HTML <a name="participants">project participants</a> |
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Next, put an anchor where you want to link from, giving the name of the anchor.
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HTML <a href="#participants">Project Participants</a> |
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The Getting and Setting Up Email Programs page is a good example of a document using internal links.
Linking To A Location In Another Document
First, name the location you want to link to in the other document by placing an anchor there:
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HTML <a name="participants">project participants</a> |
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Next, put an anchor where you want to link from, giving the name of the other document and the name of the location in that document.
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HTML <a href="Overview.html#participants">Project Participants</a> |
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Specifications
From the W3Schools.Com Complete HTML/XHTML Reference: