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EC Expert asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 decade ago

How do I get web addresses in blue into my answers?

Update:

OK folks, assume I am computer illiterate, or at least never got past First Grade. I don't know how to cut and paste, have no idea where Copy is etc. Oh, and I;m running Vista, another long story and I hate it.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    To cut and paste, go to the

    > web address you want to insert. Left click in your

    > browser address bar so the address turns blue. Then

    > right click, and a little menu will appear. Click

    > "copy." Your "virtual clipboard" will hold onto

    > this address and you can go to your question you

    > want to use it in. Type your answer, and when you

    > are ready to insert your link, right click and the

    > little menu will show up again. Click "paste", and

    > your active link will be inserted into your answer.

    > That's the quickest way to do it, or you can type

    > out the whole address yourself making sure you start

    > it with http://

    > The problem with doing it that way is that it's

    > really easy to make a typo and your link might not

    > go to where you want it to go.

    >

    > Another little trick I use sometimes is I have some

    > of my answer stuff saved in Word Documents. When I

    > want to use that answer or something similar, I go

    > to my Word document and copy the material I want to

    > use. You probably already know how to do that:

    > hold down your left mouse button and scroll over

    > whatever you want to copy. Then right click, and

    > click on "copy" from the little menu. Then go to

    > your answer. The "clipboard" will hold the copied

    > material until you want to insert it. Right click,

    > then choose "paste." Then you can modify or add to your material as fits the question.

  • 1 decade ago

    The easiest way is to simply copy and paste the link from the top of the web page you are trying to link it to. Another way is to type them, but be sure to include the http:// part. For example:

    www.yahoo.com = no link

    http://www.yahoo.com/ = link

  • 1 decade ago

    You go to whatever it is you want to link, click on the address bar, hit COPY, then...

  • 1 decade ago

    copy and paste them into it

  • huggz
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Make sure the addy you put begings with http:// and not just www.

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