Step by Step HTML5

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To create a hyperlink, use the tag with the href= attribute. The tag is twosided,
so add after the text that you use as the hyperlink.
Use absolute paths (that is, paths containing the full location of the file) when referring
to content outside your own Web site. Use relative paths when referring to files
in the same folder as the current page, or in a parent or child folder.
To open a hyperlink target in a new window, include the target=”_blank” attribute
in the tag.
To create a hyperlink that opens a pre-addressed e-mail message, precede the
address with mailto:, for example, mailto:support@microsoft.com.
To create an anchor point, use the name= attribute with the tag, for example,
.
To reference an anchor point, reference the anchor point name, but remember
to precede the name with a pound symbol (#) in the href= attribute, as in
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You can create hyperlinks to other types of content besides Web pages, but you
should include hyperlinks to viewers for any content types that might not be
supported by all browsers, and/or make HTML or plain-text alternative versions
available.
To provide a viewer for a type of content, create a hyperlink that points to a site
from which it can be downloaded, or store the viewer on your own Web site and
provide a link to it.