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24. In the Quick Property Inspector, click the Hyperlink button. In the
resulting Link field, type http://www.againsttheclock.com as the link
destination.
Dreamweaver can’t help you create an external URL link because it’s outside the site
definition. You have to simply type or paste the address into the Link field.
An external URL link must begin with the “http://” protocol, followed by the domain
name and, if relevant, the folder path and file name of the page to which you are linking.

Clicking the Hyperlink You can click the Browse
button opens the Link field for File button to define an
for the selected text. existing file as the link.

25. Click anywhere else in the workspace to finalize the hyperlink you defined
in Step 24. Note:
26. In the Document toolbar, click the arrow to the right of the Live button To minimize the
and choose Design from the menu to turn off the Live view. repetitive work required,
You should become familiar with the process of turning the Live view on or off. We will we already defined this
not continue to repeat these specific instructions as you move throughout the projects in link for you on the other
this book. pages in the site. In a
professional environment,
you would need to add
this link to every page in
the site.
27. Choose File>Save to save your changes, then continue to the next exercise.

CoPy And PAste links
Rather than manually creating the same links on every page, you can now simply copy
and paste them from one page to another.

1. With index.html open (from the Kinetic site), click in any of the text links
to place the insertion point.
The insertion point is the location where text will appear if you type.

2. Review the Tag Selector below the document window.
Note:
The Tag Selector, located in the status bar of the document window, shows the nesting
order of HTML tags (the “path of tags”) based on the current selection or the current You will work more
location of the insertion point. extensively with tags
beginning in Project 2:
Insertion point
Digital Book Chapter.

Tag Selector

Active tag

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