If you want a hyperlink to appear in a Project table, you can add a hyperlink to a file in a custom field. In this video, learn how to create a custom field and paste a file link into it.
- [Bonnie] Hi, I'm Bonnie Biafore. … In this tip I'll show you how to include a file hyperlink … in a project table. … Now what we're going to do is we're going to link to a file … by putting the hyperlink into a custom text field. … I'm going to use Text1, … so I'm going to right click in the column heading … and choose Insert Column, … and then I'll select Text1 from the drop down menu. … That adds the field to the table. … Now I'm going to drag the heading over a little bit … to make the column a little bit wider. … The first thing I'm going to do is right click … the task that I want to add the hyperlink to. … On the shortcut menu, I'm going to choose Link … to open up the insert hyperlink dialog box, … and then I'm going to select existing file or web page. … What I want to do here is I'm not actually going to use … the hyperlink command to add the link, … but I need to get the address for the file that I want. … So to do that, I'm going to click the down arrow … for the Look In box, and I'm going to head to the desktop …
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2/16/2021Released
1/9/2018Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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