# What the heck happend to hyper links?

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**Created:** [June 8, 2009, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-happend-to-hyper-links/499080 "2009-06-08T10:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-happend-to-hyper-links/499080/1 "2009-06-08T10:11:03Z")

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Used to when I hit that button the first window would read: “Type the text you want the link to read” then the 2nd box would read; “Enter link”.

Why doesn’t it do that anymore? Also, since it doesn’t; how do I do it myself?  
Thanks.

Sorry if this question seems dated. I’ve been meaning to ask this for quite some time now.

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-happend-to-hyper-links/499080/2 "2009-06-08T10:38:19Z")

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[All is explained here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11196450&highlight=links#post11196450)🙂