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3. A dialog window will appear. For the option, ”Define the wiki page for the link:”, include the article/external site which you wish to link to. If you are linking to an energypedia articles, you can simply type in the article title. [[Help:Link_to_an_External_Website|For external sites]], please include a complete URL . For information on how to link to an article heading, see [[Help:Link to a Headline|Linking to an Article Headline]].
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3. A dialog window will appear. For the option, ”Define the wiki page for the link:”, include the article/external site which you wish to link to. If you are linking to an energypedia articles, you can simply type in the article title. [[Link_to_an_External_Website|For external sites]], please include a complete URL . For information on how to link to an article heading, see [[Link to a Headline|Linking to an Article Headline]].
  
 
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Instructions

On energypedia, you can link words from your current article to any other existing article, other external sites, or documents. To create links: 

1. Highlight the word(s) that will later on make up the link.

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2. Click on the "Insert Link" symbol in the toolbar.

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3. A dialog window will appear. For the option, ”Define the wiki page for the link:”, include the article/external site which you wish to link to. If you are linking to an energypedia articles, you can simply type in the article title. For external sites, please include a complete URL . For information on how to link to an article heading, see Linking to an Article Headline.


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4. Successfully linked words will appear in blue color whereas links without a valid target will appear in red color. Words linking to external website have a small arrow next to them.

Linked words

5. Save your changes by clicking "Save page" at the bottom of the page.