Half-Assed Tutorial: how to create a link within your blog (Or anchor text)

So this is actually quite simple, when using blogger.  I think most blogging platforms have a similar functioning button as well, but i'm not 100% sure.  As always, i am giving directions for blogger/blogspot platform.

So you wanna direct someone from your blog post to another place on the interwebz? This is simple. 
First, take a look at your post window.

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it looks like this...

Next, in your post window - type out the word that you want to use as your "Anchor Text" (these are the words that will become your link) and then highlight the text with your mouse.

Example:

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Once your text is highligted, use your mouse and find the "Link" button in your editor.  Sometimes this also looks like a Chain link, or will say HyperLink.  in Blogger, it looks like this:

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see?

when you click on that button, a popup will appear that looks like this: 

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The text that you've highlighted will already appear in the first box.  All you have to do is then enter in the URL to the place you want people to go when they click on the link.

Et voila!  you've just created a link or anchor text within your blog post! 


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