Link to specific text from another web page

Question

Hello all
Is is possible to link from one page to a specific piece of
text in another web page in the same site? I have tried named
anchor, hyperlink, etc but it just goes to the page rather than the
text. I don't know if I am attempting the impossible. Can you help?
Thank v much.

Answer 1

> This also has a css rule so this 9pt thing is left over
from copy and
> pasting
> from Word. I have it cleaned up as you suggested but I
still have:
> <span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9.0pt; is
there way of avoiding
> this?
It depends on your settings for how you copy/paste. See your
PREFERENCES
for those. I don't get such things because my settings are
'tight' in that
they are restrictive to what stying is carried into the page.
> How I do this in a nav bar?
Change this -
.nav {
font: bold normal 14px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-transform: none;
color: #003300;
font-weight: bold;
a.nav:link {
font: normal 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-transform: none;
color: #003300;
text-decoration: none;
a.nav:visited {
font: normal 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-transform: none;
color: #003300;
text-decoration: none;
to this -
.nav {
text-align:center;
.nav a {
font: bold normal 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #030;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration:none;
margin-right:35px;
and then change this -
<div align="center"><a href="index.html"
class="nav">Home</a>       <span
class="nav">About
Us</span>      <a
href="impact_HE.html" class="nav">Impact of HE
Proposal</a>      <a
href="purpose_ED.html"
class="nav">The Purpose of
ED</a>      <a
href="procedures.html"
class="nav">Procedures </a>     <a
href="what_can_we_do.html" class="nav">What Can We
Do?</a></div>
to this -
<div class="nav"><a
href="index.html">Home</a><a
href="about_us.html">About
Us</a><a href="impact_HE.html">Impact of HE
Proposal</a><a
href="purpose_ED.html">The Purpose of ED</a><a
href="procedures.html">Procedures</a><a
href="what_can_we_do.html">What Can
We Do?</a></div>
But an even better way would be to make the menu an unordered
list, like
this -
<ul>
<li><a
href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="about_us.html">About
Us</a></li>
<li><a href="impact_HE.html">Impact of HE
Proposal</a></li>
<li><a href="purpose_ED.html">The Purpose of
ED</a></li>
<li><a
href="procedures.html">Procedures</a></li>
<li><a href="what_can_we_do.html">What Can We
Do?</a></li>
</ul>
And use this CSS -
.nav {
text-align:center;
.nav ul {
list-style-type:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
overflow:hidden;
.nav li {
float:left;
width:150px;
margin-right:5px;
border-right:1px solid green;
.nav a {
font: bold normal 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #030;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration:none;
If you want to make the current page look like it doesn't
have a link, then
do this -
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html"
id="home">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="about_us.html" id="about">About
Us</a></li>
<li><a href="impact_HE.html" id="impact">Impact
of HE Proposal</a></li>
<li><a href="purpose_ED.html" id="purpose">The
Purpose of ED</a></li>
<li><a href="procedures.html"
id="procedure">Procedures</a></li>
<li><a href="what_can_we_do.html" id="what">What
Can We Do?</a></li>
</ul>
and add this to each page (use the proper ID) -
a#about {
cursor:default;
/* any other styles you want to make the current page show
> I am being a complete idiot today (maybe it's because
it's Sunday) Can you
> talk me through this.
Make the changes manually in code view.
If you are getting the idea that you will need to ramp your
HTML and CSS
skills to do this stuff, you are right on target!
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> Dear Murrray
> Thank you very much for your comments.
>
> Can I ask you the following:
> 1. p.MsoNormal {
> Using Microsoft Word to build an HTML page is not
advisable. Use DW only
> or
> clean up the Word markup
>
> This also has a css rule so this 9pt thing is left over
from copy and
> pasting
> from Word. I have it cleaned up as you suggested but I
still have:
> <span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9.0pt; is
there way of avoiding
> this?
>
> 2.
       <span
class
> Using non-breaking spaces as a layout tool is not
advisable. Use CSS
> margins/padding instead..
>
>
> 3. This is not a named anchor point. It is not even a
link. For that you
> would need -
> <p style="font-family:Arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:small; "
> id="BDBC">What we have said to
B&amp;DBC</p>
>
> I am being a complete idiot today (maybe it's because
it's Sunday) Can you
> talk me through this.
>
> Thank you very much for your time. Much appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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