Create Hyperlink Tutorial
Microsoft Excel
Objective: Insert a Hyperlink in an Excel Spreadsheet

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Introduction: Educators who love to use Excel, and all of it's many functions, can now produce dynamic, interactive spreadsheets by creating and inserting hyperlinks to internet web pages on spreadsheets.

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Skill Practice: Insert a Hyperlink in an Excel Spreadsheet

Step 1: Open . Either create a new Excel spreadsheet file, or open an existing Excel file.

Step 2: Within the Excel spreadsheet you are using, identify the data that you wish to "link" (hyperlink) to an internet website. Click on the cell(s) - - the cell's perimeter becomes highlighted in black.

Step 3: On the "menu bar" at the top of the page, go to Insert > Hyperlink. The "Insert Hyperlink" window will appear on screen.

Step 4: In the "Type the File or Web Page Name" text box, type in the appropriate information to create the hyperlink - such as . When finished, select .

Step 5: The spreadsheet text is now hyperlinked, and font color may have changed - .

Step 6: Test the new spreadsheet hyperlink by "clicking" on it. The "default" internet browser (such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) should "activate" immediately, and the desired web page should be opened by the internet browser.

Step 7: Make sure to save your work by clicking on .