To an existing file

Link to an existing file on your computer. (These links will not work if you send the document to someone else, as they will not have the specific linked file in the location you have specified.)

To this document

Link to another place in this document. This is usually used in indexes and table of contents.

To a Web page

This is the most common type of file, called a hyperlink. Clicking on this type of link opens the specified page in an Internet browser window.

To an e-mail address

Also called a mailto link, when you click this type of link a new e-mail message will open up in your e-mail program, with the information in the mailto link filled out.