Re: formatting - internal links versus external links

Subject: Re: formatting - internal links versus external links
From: David Castro <thejavaguy -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- laserpubs -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:41:31 -0500

I believe that back in the WinHelp days there was a formatting distinction
between popups and navigation links (dotted underline vs. solid
underline). Web sites these days usually have an icon to represent when a
link goes to an external source.
On Nov 23, 2015 2:24 PM, "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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