Make text into a hyperlink

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anafurn Author

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Make text into a hyperlink

How do you make text into a hyperlink rather than pasting the link into an email using the iPad keyboard?

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jul 30, 2014 8:44 AM

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Answer 1

anafurn Author

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Jul 30, 2014 1:39 PM in response to bobseufert

Tap the cursor into the middle of the link, type the word you want to carry the link then delete the text before and following your word which will still contain the link.

For example I copied the URL from the Wikipedia page for a musician, pasted it into an email, typed pianist into the middle of the link, deleted the surrounding text and ended up with pianist as a working link.

Tedious, but but it looks better than a hyperlink in the text of the email, there doesn't seem to be a way to edit text to include a link. Hope that helps.

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Dec 23, 2015 1:39 AM in response to anafurn

I know this is an old post but I just had to say THANK YOU for attempting to clarify with the users above who didn't understand you, then persisting to find a solution AND returning to this thread to post your solution. It sounds like a simple thing but I've been trying to figure this out for quite awhile now, and hyper linking a single word is one of those subtle e-etiquettes that communicates your savvy as well as boosting your text in it's polish and professional look. Thank you!

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anafurn Author

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Jul 30, 2014 11:39 AM in response to bobseufert

I figured out that the way to do it is to copy a hyperlink from the browser's address bar, paste it into an email and edit it from the middle so you can turn it into any word you like and it still works as a link.

Thanks.

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Jul 30, 2014 10:01 AM in response to anafurn

Any string of text that the app can recognize as a hyperlink (for example http://www.apple.com or www.apple.com) will show up when delivered as a hyperlink (blue text, underlined), assuming the recipient is using an email client set to recognize HTML. It will not show up as such when you type it. The native mail app does not include sufficient formatting options to simply format a string of text to fake it.

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Phil0124

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Jul 30, 2014 10:36 AM in response to anafurn

No. The string needs to be a valid url. The word "Apple" will not magically turn to a hyperlink because there is no reason to do so.

The text: "www.apple.com" should turn into a hyperlink when viewed on most email clients that can identify such things.

Other than that, you may be able to find an HTML editor that will let you create links that way, and then copy them over to your Email message.

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anafurn Author

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Jul 30, 2014 9:49 AM in response to Phil0124

So I can't type "Apple" and turn that word into a link like this: apple.com?

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anafurn Author

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Dec 23, 2015 1:41 AM in response to FloridaGirl1210

Glad to have been of help, season's greetings.

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Jan 5, 2016 7:15 PM in response to anafurn

WEll, I was really happy to find this solution. The trouble is, I just can't get it to work. I tried using Yahoo mail thru iPad, also Hotmail. Nothing. Do I need to use iCloud mail? I feel like an idiot! I keep pasting his long YouTube link into an e-mail, then type CLICK HERE in the middle of the URL. I then send it to myself @Hotmail. No luck.

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anafurn Author

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Jan 8, 2016 4:28 AM in response to georgiabyte

"Tap the cursor into the middle of the link, type the word you want to carry the link then delete the text before and following your word which will still contain the link.

For example I copied the URL from the Wikipedia page for a musician, pasted it into an email, typed pianist into the middle of the link, deleted the surrounding text and ended up with pianist as a working link.

Tedious, but but it looks better than a hyperlink in the text of the email, there doesn't seem to be a way to edit text to include a link. Hope that helps."

I'm not sure that I understand your question but the above should work in any email client or other document, note etc. Good luck.

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Answer 10

Jan 11, 2016 4:10 PM in response to georgiabyte

I have the same trouble you have, it didn't work. (I'm using Apple Mail on an iPad). But I was banging around and somehow, in my email, the URL with my word in the middle turned blue and underlined so I erased everything but the word I inserted and my word stayed as a hyperlink. To bad though, I can't recreate it.

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ckuan

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Jul 30, 2014 8:48 AM in response to anafurn

use http://.... or https://....

example: http://www.apple.com

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Answer 12

anafurn Author

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Jul 30, 2014 8:53 AM in response to ckuan

Thanks, I didn't make myself clear, I know how to paste a hyperlink. I want to convert plain text into a link so it appears in blue and underlined and acts like a pasted link.

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