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7. Open the Target menu and choose _self.
This option determines where the linked file will open:
Note:
• _blank opens every linked file in a new, unnamed browser window.
You can change the
• new creates a new browser window with the name “_new”. Every link assigned destination of a link
the _new target will open in that same _new browser window. by selecting the linked
• _ parent is relevant if a page includes nested frames; this option opens the link in text or object in the
the frame or window that contains the frame with the link. document and choosing
• _self opens the link in the same frame or browser window as the link. This is the Modify>Change Link.
default behavior if you do not choose an option in the Target menu. This menu command
• _top opens the link in the same browser window, regardless of frames. opens the same dialog
box as the Browse for File
8. In the Title field, type Kinetic Bistro home page. button, where you can
The Title field defines text that appears when the cursor is placed over the link text. navigate to and select the
Defining a descriptive title for links can help a page achieve better search engine results. new link destination.

Note:
You can use the Access
Key field to define a
keyboard shortcut for the
link, and use the Tab
Index field to specify the
number of times a user
9. Click OK in the Hyperlink dialog box to create the link. needs to press the Tab key
to select the link.
10. Click the Split button in the Document toolbar to review both the design
and code views at one time.
A Web page is basically a page full of code. A browser reads the code to determine how
to treat various elements of the page. HTML code largely revolves around tags, which
tell a browser how to interpret specific objects on the page.
A hyperlink is identified by the a element, which starts with the opening <a> tag;
the link destination and target are defined as attributes of that tag (href="index.html"
target="self"). After the actual link text, the closing tag (</a>) identifies the end of
the link.

The selected text is
now a link.

In the code view, the link
text is surrounded by
opening and closing <a>
tags, which identify the
text as a link.

The link destination
now appears in the
Link field of the
Properties panel.

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