Create a Hyperlink

When you want to include in your project file external information from an intranet or the World Wide Web, the most common and easiest way is to create a single hyperlink in a sheet view. After you create the hyperlink, it appears in the Indicators field as an icon that you can click. A hyperlink appears with its associated task or resource in all sheet views.

Before you can create an effective hyperlink, you should know a few things about how to make hyperlinks work:

• The essential ingredient of each hyperlink is a path to a destination file, called its URL (uniform resource locator) or, more commonly, its address. Be sure to include the full address of the destination file in your project file.
• Make sure there is a destination file located at the hyperlink address.
• When creating a hyperlink to a file on a network server, use the following convention when supplying the address:
  \\<server name>\<share name>\<folder name>\<subfolder name>\<file name>
• When creating a hyperlink to a file on the World Wide Web, use the following convention when supplying the address:
  http://www.<site name>/<file name>

To create a hyperlink to a task, resource, or assignment in a sheet view

1. Open the project file in which you want to create the hyperlink.
2. In a sheet view, select a task, resource, or assignment.
3. Click Insert Hyperlink .
4. In the Link to file or URL box, enter the address of the destination file.
   • If the destination file is located on your computer or on the network, click Browse to locate it.
   • If the destination file is located on a web site you’ve visited recently, click the address in the Link to file or URL box.

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