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<A> Tag

                      Type           Function           Attributes             Contains            Used Inside
                  Container tag   Creates a        href, target, TITLE     Text or inline     Typically placed within
                                  hyperlink.                               elements.          <BODY> tag..


                 External Linking

                 The External Linking links two different documents which are present in the main storage of server or
                 computer. User clicks on the link button, the document which is linked, gets opened. <A> tag which
                 stands for ‘Anchor’ is used to create the link in a document.
                 Syntax to use the <A> tag is as follows:

                   <A HREF= "Link Page URL" > Text  </A>
                 The HREF is the attribute of the <A> tag that takes the URL or path of a web page to be opened when
                 user clicks on the link. HREF stands for Hypertext Reference.
                 For example:

                   <A HREF = "EXTERNAL LINKING2.HTML"> Objectives </A>
                 In the above example, file EXTERNAL LINKING2.HTML will be opened as soon as the user clicks on the text
                 ‘Objectives’ in the window screen.


                 TITLE Attribute
                 The TITLE attribute is used to specify a title for the document to be linked. Any textual matter that is
                 enclosed within double quotes is set as the value of the TITLE attribute.

                      Do you know?


                      As  soon  as  the  cursor  is  placed  over  the  linked  button,  the  mouse  pointer  changes  from  ‘arrow’
                      to ‘hand’.


                 Many browsers display the title when the user places the cursor over the linked object. The title attribute
                 is useful for including some additional information about the source. Syntax to use the <A> tag is as
                 follows:

                   <A HREF= "Link Page URL"  TITLE= "Text"> Text  </A>
                 For example:

                   <A HREF = "EXTERNAL LINKING2.HTML"  TITLE = " Donald Duck" > Text </A>
                 The following HTML code uses an anchor (<A>) tag to create an external link and display an image:

                 <HTML>
                 <HEAD>
                 <TITLE> External Linking</TITLE>

                 </HEAD>
                 <BODY BGCOLOR = "YELLOW">
                 <A HREF = "EXTERNAL LINKING.HTML" TITLE ="CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW NEXT PAGE">



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