Making link open new tab/window?

I am fairly new to dreamweaver (just started website construction this year, only go to it every other day) and in that time I believe I have already learned quite a bit. I already know how to use spry efficiently which I believe nobody else in the class does. There is one thing i want to learn but I have not found how to do it. I want to make it so that when you click on a link it will open that page in a new tab/a new wondow so that you will not be redirrected away from the site. Can I just get a simple answer how to do this? Like maybe I have to add something in the code like:
<div id="fullsize"><a href="link here"><strong>words here</strong></a> </div>
would I do something like:
<div id="fullsize"><a openinnewtab href="link here"><strong>words here</strong></a> </div>
I know it shouldnt be "openinnewtab" but I am just saying like would I put something in the code to make it open in a new tab?

But only if you aren't using an XHTML or strict doctype. While the target attribute will still work on such pages, they won't validate.
I use Thierry's method to open new page/tab windows all the time -
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/popup_window_with_no_extra_markup.asp

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Hi,
sorry for the late response. I have h:messages on the page and I don't get any errors. I try to open the link so: right click on the link and then I choose "Open Link in New Tab" or "Open Link in New Window".
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> Hi,
>
> there are many ways to acomplish this,
> depending on the doctype your document will be validated
against.
>
> Usually the descision of opening a link in a new window
should be
> left to the user accessing the site, e.g. by using
ctrl+click.
>
> Regards
>

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This code in userChrome.css will move "Open Link in New Window" to the top of the context menu.
<pre>@namespace url("<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul</a>"); /* only needed once */
#contentAreaContextMenu > * { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2; }
#context-openlink { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; }</pre>
the user jay_ff shows how to do it using the Menu Editor Add-on
1. Install the Menu Editor add-on from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/menu-editor/ .
2. After the installation, go to Firefox> add-ons (or simply use Ctrl+Shift+A)
3. Go to the Menu Editor "Options"
4. In the "Main context menu," simply grab the "Open link in New Tab" and place it below the "Open Link in New Window"
5. and Voila! You may also change other menu options if you want to!
I tried jay_ff method first and found that indeed changing the Main Context Menu did cause the hotlink context menu to change as well.

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