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A link to another website (hyperlink) may be inserted in an Article as follows:
#Open the Article for editing either by:
#* Click the '''Content > Article Manager''' menu item to go to the ''Article Manager'', select the Article and click the ''Edit'' toolbar button.
#* Click the ''Add New Article'' button in the Control Panel.
#* If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the ''Edit'' toolbar button. 
#Locate and highlight the text or image you want to use as the link.
#Click the ''Insert/edit link'' editor toolbar button. The ''Insert/edit link'' screen opens.
#There are 4 tabs in the Insert/edit link screen. The main parameters that should be are set are in the ''General'' tab.
#*'''Link URL''': The full URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the target website, for example http://www.joomla.org.
#*'''Target''': Defines how the link will open. This is used as the '''target''' attribute in HTML.
#*'''Title''': A name for the link. This is used as the '''title''' attribute in HTML and is necessary to ensure accessibility.
#*'''Class''': Choose a style class for the link if required. This is used as the '''class''' attribute in HTML.
#Click the ''Insert'' button to create the link. The ''Insert/edit link'' screen will close and the link will be displayed in the article text.
#*Unless there are specific CSS styles in place the default style is underlined blue text.
#*Clicking the ''Cancel'' button closes the screen without inserting a link.