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Add hypertext links to Gmail with a keyboard shortcut

You can now add hypertext links to your Gmail messages with a keyboard shortcut.

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If you want to keep your e-mail looking nice and neat, a short hypertext link looks a lot cleaner than pasting lengthy URLs.

Though a few handy editing shortcuts are supported in Gmail's rich text editor, inserting hypertext links previously only worked via the link button on the Gmail toolbar.

Gmail link button (Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)

Lifehacker recently discovered that you can now use a keyboard shortcut, too. Just highlight the word(s) you want to link, then hit Ctrl-K in Windows or Command-K on a Mac, to bring up the "Edit Link" window.

Edit link window (Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)

That's it. For more Gmail tips and tricks, check out these five little-known ones.

(Via Lifehacker)

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