Re: formatting - internal links versus external links

Subject: Re: formatting - internal links versus external links
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:29:22 -0800

Either show the URL so it's obvious where it's going (maybe not
practical in tarbaby) or use something like "see <link text> in
<document name>."

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Jay Maechtlen
<techwriter -at- laserpubs -dot- com> wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this - does anyone provide formatting or other cues to
> the user that a link goes to an external document versus another location in
> a document?
>
> This was suggested for a longish doc that will live in a SharepPoint Wiki
> site with lots of other docs.
> ((170+ pages, though they won't be 'pages' once posted)
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formatting - internal links versus external links: From: Jay Maechtlen

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