Word: Add a web link to a document — quickly
In the category of “I didn’t know I could do this (or if I did, I’ve forgotten!)” comes this tip that I spotted in a forum post (https://superuser.com/questions/1024583/copy-link-location-keyboard-shortcut-in-windows-10).
Did you know that you can drag a link displayed in a browser into your Word document? Or into other text editing software? (my quick tests indicate that it DOESN’T work with Notepad)
There are several ways:
- Click and drag the linked text into an open document. If the link is abbreviated or hidden by explanatory text (e.g. a link for ‘how to xxxx’), it will resolve to the full URL.
- Select the URL in the browser’s address bar then drag it into the open document.
- Select anything in a text field of a form on a web page, then drag it into the open document.
[Link last checked February 2020]