Select a Link

Almost all web pages include links to other pages that contain related information. When you select a link, your web browser loads the other page. Web page links come in two forms: text and images. Text links consist of a word or phrase that usually appears underlined and in a different color from the rest of the page text. However, web page designers can control the look of their links, so text links may not always stand out in this way.

Therefore, knowing which words, phrases, or images are links is not always obvious. The only way to tell for sure is to position the mouse (9781118462270-ma005.tif) over the text or image; if the changes to , you know ...

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