As stated previously, hyperlinks are items in a document, worksheet, or webpage, that link to another location or file. When you click on a hyperlink, an associated URL is used to locate and retrieve the object or file that the hyperlink points to. In the case of the World Wide Web, hyperlinks are used to link and unify web pages that are located all over the world. You can create a hyperlink in an Excel workbook that links to an object located in the same directory, or on the same computer as the workbook. You can also create a hyperlink that points to a webpage, are a file on a remote server. Furthermore, you can create a hyperlink that points to a location in the same workbook, or to a specific e-mail recipient.

 

When you are clicking hyperlinks, you may be requesting files or objects located on remote servers. The World Wide Web is a vast collection of web pages and other objects that are connected via hyperlinks. When you click a link to a webpage or file on the web, the information is transported to your computer over the underlying infrastructure of the Internet.

 

A computer network can be described as two or more computers connected in such a way that they can exchange information. Computer networks can range in size from small networks with only a few computers, to very large networks with many interconnected machines. Essentially, the Internet is a network of networks. That is to say, the Internet is a vast and complex network that is comprised of many smaller interconnected networks spanning the globe. Computers connected to the Internet can use hyperlinks to retrieve objects from other locations. These objects are transported from computer to computer, over the giant inter-network commonly known as the Internet.

 

Some important points to remember are:

·              A hyperlink is used as a clickable link to another object

·              A URL is associated with a hyperlink to provide information on how to retrieve the linked object

·              You can create hyperlinks to locations within the same file, to local or remote files, to web pages, to media objects, and to e-mail recipients

·              Hyperlinks can be created in the form of a word, phrase, symbol, picture, or graphic

·              Web pages in the World Wide Web are often linked together with hyperlinks

·              When you retrieve a remote file or object (like a web page) by clicking a hyperlink, the information is transported to your computer via the hardware infrastructure of the Internet