You can create hyperlinks within a document using anchor tags. The anchor tags are <A> and </A> with the <A> tag marking the beginning of a hyperlink and the </A> marking the end of a hyperlink. This set of tags can be placed around a word, phrase, or graphic image within a document to make a highlighted, clickable link to another part of the document, another document at the same location, or a document at another location. You can also make a clickable link to a multimedia object such as a graphic image, video file, or audio file. An HREF is a hypertext reference and can be combined with an anchor tag to create the clickable link described above. This is an example of how anchor tags can be used with an HREF to create a clickable link that can take you to a different location (server):
<A HREF="http://www.thomson.com/orderform.htm">Order Form</A>
The following shows you how to create a hypertext reference to take you to a document at the same location (on the same server and in the same directory) from the current page:
<A HREF="publish.htm">Publishers</A>
In the first example, the information between the quotes and after the HREF= is the URL of the page that you will go to when you click on this hyperlink. The words Order Form appear on the page and provide information about the hyperlink. These words are underlined and your mouse pointer changes to a hand as you move the mouse over this clickable link. The second example shows how you can go to another document at the same site called publish.htm.