# Adding Links With The Text Editor

This allows you to link to other sites, pages of your site or documents from the resource library .

The Link List Module  also offers the ability to add a quick list of links, but these instructions apply if you want to include a link as part of a paragraph.

First highlight the text or image in your formatted text which you wish to use as the link.

![Adding Links.png](/.attachments/Adding%20Links-76dcb402-2efc-4fcb-b893-125d89fdf8ab.png)

Click on Insert / Edit link from the toolbar (as shown above) and the following pop up appears

![Adding Links Menu.png](/.attachments/Adding%20Links%20Menu-ab06cf33-3efa-481e-99df-c37734bc80df.png)

## URL
the Address or file that you want to link to. If linking to a file in the resource library, a typical URL would be: /docs/example-doc.pdf.

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## Text to Display
The text label you see when you hover over the link with your mouse.

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## Title
The name/title of the link.

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## Open link in...
Choose whether to open the link in the same browser window or a new one. For links to pages on the same site you should use 'current window'. For links that are going to external sites select new window.

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## Link List
Lists all of the pages on your website - you can pick a page from here instead of adding a URL.

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Once you have added the required details click OK and then on Save Text  at the bottom of the original form, if you have finished editing the text area.

**If linking to an internal page** pick the page you would like to link to from the Link list dropdown instead and leave the Url  field empty.

**If linking to another website** add the Url (the address for the site) into the Url  field, making sure to include the prefix, which is usually http://www.  

**If linking to an email**  simply copy the email address you want to link to and paste it into the Url  field. A pop-up will appear and ask if you would like to add the mailto prefix - click OK

**If linking to a document**  go to the resource library  and find the document that you want to link to. Copy the file name (highlight and Ctrl+C) including the file extension (eg .docx or .pdf). You then need to type the folder path into the Url field, starting with /docs . So if you are linking to a file in the main documents folder, you would type something like /docs/example-doc.pdf. If you are linking to a file which has been added to a folder within the document library, would would need to put the folder name too, eg /docs/my-folder/example-doc.pdf.  

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