How to Link a Web Address in a Single Word to Send in an Email

Creating a one-word link in an email requires basic HTML coding.

Create one-word website links within an email by doing some basic HTML coding. Amateurs can accomplish this task with only a little technical knowledge. The result is a more streamlined, professional-looking message that gives recipients the information they need without long, pasted-in website addresses that are often broken by text wraps generated when the email is sent.

Instructions

1. Create an email. Select the "rich formatting" or "rich text" option instead of "plain text."

2. Code the link like so:

   <a href="URL">click</a>

   Substitute the letters "URL" in the coding for the full website address, within quotation marks, and the word "click" between the arrow-shaped tags for appropriate text. The link will look something like this:

   <a href="http://www.ehow.com/">click</a>

   Note that the word "click" within the coding is what will appear as the link in the e-mail. It can be substituted for any other word or more than one word.

3. Complete the email and send it.

Tips & Warnings

• The "<a>" and "</a>" tags start and end the link. The full website address within quote marks follows "href=" and comes before the one word that will act as a link.

• The basic HTML coding remains the same from message to message, so it's possible to save a coding "master" to a text file or desktop sticky. For example: "<a href="WEB ADDRESS HERE">click</a>" Copy the code into a message, replace "WEB ADDRESS HERE" with a URL and the link is ready.

• Many e-mail systems offer coding tools that make it easier to accomplish tasks such as creating a link. Type the word that should serve as the link, highlight it with the mouse, click on the tool that looks like chain links and paste the website address in the box that opens.

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.

References

• ws3schools: HTML Links
• EchoEcho: How to Make a Link

Resources

• ws3schools: HTML Tutorial