Basic hypertext links

The Anchor element (A) is used to locate both the source and target ends of a hypertext link.

When used as a target element, the Anchor element usually contains the title of the referenced text (in order that it may be highlighted on completion of a link to that item) within the Name attribute:

<P><A
					NAME="details">The Details</A> are
here. ...</P>

When used as a source element, the Anchor contains a Hypertext Reference attribute (Href) which contains a URL.

<P>See <A HREF="#details">the details</A> for
the details</P>

A single Anchor may be both the source of a link and the target of a link:

<A NAME="summary" HREF="#details">See details</A>

When inserting links to other documents, the target document does not require ...

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