---
title: Links
audience: writer, designer
tags: [formatting, navigation]
keywords: links, hyperlinks, cross references, related links, relationship tables
summary: "When creating links, you can use standard HTML or Markdown formatting. However, you can also implement an automated approach to linking that makes linking much less error-prone (meaning less chances of broken links in your output) and requiring less effort."
last_updated: July 3, 2016
sidebar: mydoc_sidebar
permalink: mydoc_hyperlinks.html
folder: mydoc
---

## Create an external link

When linking to an external site, use Markdown formatting because it's simplest:

```
[Google](http://google.com)
```

## Linking to internal pages

When linking to internal pages, you can manually link to the pages like this:

```
[Icons](mydoc_icons.html)
```

However, if you change the file name, you'll have to update all of your links.