# Teaching myself to add a link **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 19, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454 "2011-11-19T14:40:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/1 "2011-11-19T14:40:24Z")
I have finally turned into my mother. I’m trying to teach myself how to add a link. I don’t use a mouse. I’m probably gonna blow this a few times. Anyone that makes fun of me doesn’t get free food when we open our deli. 😛 ok, here goes > **[Coach Under Fire For Racist "Future Welfare Recipient" Comment](https://newsone.com/1642285/racist-coach-winnetonka-hs/)** > > A Kansas City basketball coach has been placed on administrative leave after being caught making wildly insensitive remarks on a cell phone video, with the student involved subsequently filing a racial harassment complaint against the coach. As... ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/2 "2011-11-19T14:41:55Z")
Well hey, got it in one. I can’t believe I put it off for so long. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/3 "2011-11-19T15:25:36Z")
How’d you do that? (I use a mouse.) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/4 "2011-11-19T15:59:31Z")
your mom must not be in as bad shape as you thought. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/5 "2011-11-19T16:19:59Z")
Well, she passed in 2006, but I know what you mean…🙂 Becky I think you just copy and paste. I just typed the url exactly. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/6 "2011-11-19T17:10:40Z")
How on earth do you manage without a mouse? More to the point, why not? You’re less like someone’s mother and more like my dead grandfather who died 6 years ago aged 92 without having used a mouse (Windows 3.1 to his dying day); whereas my great-aunt who died aged 90 last year used both a mouse and a laptop trackpad fine. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/7 "2011-11-19T17:31:41Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > How’d you do that? (I use a mouse.) You can actually just type the url and it will get automatically turned into a link: > **[Google](http://www.google.com)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. If you want to be sure, you can surround it with the [noparse][/noparse] tags: [noparse][http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com)[/noparse] –\> [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) And if you want to be fancy, you can use the url tags like so: [noparse][Google](http://www.google.com)[/noparse] –\> [Google](http://www.google.com) Hit preview to make sure you typed everything correctly and you’re done. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/8 "2011-11-19T18:09:34Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > You can actually just type the url and it will get automatically turned into a link: > > [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) > > If you want to be sure, you can surround it with the [noparse][/noparse] tags: > > [noparse][http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com)[/noparse] –\> [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) > > And if you want to be fancy, you can use the url tags like so: > > [noparse][Google](http://www.google.com)[/noparse] –\> [Google](http://www.google.com) > > Hit preview to make sure you typed everything correctly and you’re done. Ah, the old “noparse” before the BB code tag trick! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/9 "2011-11-19T18:13:30Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > How’d you do that? (I use a mouse.) Highlight the word(s) you want to turn into a link then click the button with picture of a globe with a chain link in front of it. [This one](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/WryOnRye/FirstStep.jpg). Then you paste the url that you want the highlighted words to link to in the box that pops up. Et voila. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/10 "2011-11-19T20:51:06Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Highlight the word(s) you want to turn into a link then click the button with picture of a globe with a chain link in front of it. [This one](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/WryOnRye/FirstStep.jpg). > > Then you paste the url that you want the highlighted words to link to in the box that pops up. Et voila. Make sure you delete the “http://” the box comes pre-loaded with, because otherwise you’ll end up with two and the link won’t work right. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/11 "2011-11-19T21:00:59Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Make sure you delete the “http://” the box comes pre-loaded with, because otherwise you’ll end up with two and the link won’t work right. It doesn’t anymore, I don’t think. (Come preloaded with http://, I mean) I know I used to have to backspace once, but it recently changed so you don’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/12 "2011-11-19T21:10:54Z")
It is “preloaded,” but preloaded highlighted; that is, if you paste you’ll paste overtop of the http. If you click and then manually type in what’s after the http, you skip having to do that step. But it’s just easier to paste the whole thing, imho. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/13 "2011-11-19T21:13:07Z")
Hm, I just clicked on the globe and chain and there’s nothing in the box but a blinking cursor. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/14 "2011-11-19T23:43:55Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > How on earth do you manage without a mouse? > > More to the point, why not? You’re less like someone’s mother and more like my dead grandfather who died 6 years ago aged 92 without having used a mouse (Windows 3.1 to his dying day); whereas my great-aunt who died aged 90 last year used both a mouse and a laptop trackpad fine. I use a laptop and just don’t really need the mouse for anything I do. Until recently anyway. Maybe I should go back to using one, but I can’t find room for it on my lap. I do know how to use one though. So I’m not quite as bad as your grandfather. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/15 "2011-11-20T01:22:57Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I use a laptop and just don’t really need the mouse for anything I do. Oh you mean you use a trackpad? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/16 "2011-11-20T01:39:45Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Oh you mean you use a trackpad? Yes. Sorry I was unclear. I use an apple laptop. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/17 "2011-11-20T14:55:44Z")
Thanks all. When somebody can sit here with me I’ll give it a try. I’m not “allowed” to try new things on my own anymore. That’s how we’ve sometimes ended up with no internet… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/18 "2011-11-21T11:30:49Z")
I’d help if I thought I could Becky. I really think you just copy and paste using the right click on your mouse, but I doubt my ability to walk you through it since I don’t use a mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/19 "2011-11-21T14:32:14Z")
not what you’d expect: you can do right-clicks with an Apple trackpad. Go to System Preferences, click on the trackpad icon and configure you trackpad to enable right clicks using one of several methods. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454/20 "2011-11-22T12:08:15Z")
Well, thank you sir. I will check that out.