Links in TextEdit 1.4

I have a TextEdit file containing a link to another file in the same folder. It looks like a html link and clicking on it opens the target file.
Another TextEdit file contains a picture which can be clicked on to open another file.
I made these files myself some months ago as demonstrations, but I didn't include explanatory notes and now I forgot how I did it! As far as I know, there is no provision in TextEdit to include links. Is that correct?
I tried to open the files in Firefox to see if it was html, but I couldn't open them (Firefox kept asking me to choose an app to open these files)
Mac mini running tiger

To make text in the form of an URL into a clickable link, control-click it and choose Make Link from the menu which appears. To make other types of text and pictures into a clickable link, highlight it and choose Link... from the Text section of the Format menu. Provide a target for the link.
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