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Links

Links provide quick access to websites or other Rem when you click on arbitrary text.

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Written by Martin Schneider
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Links are like Rem References, but they can have any text – they don’t always show the same text as the Rem they link to. You can link either to a Rem in your knowledge base or to a website. Links, unlike Rem References, are underlined when looking at your notes.

Creating links

Type or find the section of text you wish the link to be attached to, then select it and click the Link button or press Ctrl+Alt+K (Cmd+Opt+K on a Mac).

For a link to a web page, paste the URL and select the format in which you want to add this link:

  • Formatted Link: The link is automatically attached to a title of the website, making it clickable, but the URL itself is hidden. If you want your writing to look polished and easy to read, formatted links are usually preferred.

  • Text Link: The actual URL (web address) appears directly in the text.

  • For a link to a Rem in your Knowledge Base, start typing to search your Knowledge Base.

Clicking on the link will navigate to the website or Rem.

If your link is to a Rem, it will create a backlink and affect flashcard gathering, the same way as it would if you had created a Reference to that Rem.

Working with links

If you left-click on a link, the target website or Rem opens immediately. If you right-click, you’ll see several other options:

  • Edit link: let's you update the link title or change the URL that opens when you click the link.

  • Open Externally: opens the link in a new browser tab, just like a left-click

  • Copy link: copies the link to your clipboard.

  • Turn into Inline/Formatted Link: let's you switch between different link display styles in your document.
    See the “Creating links” section above for more details about text and formatted links.

Replace With Reference: this option appears only if you right-click a link attached to a Rem in your knowledge base. Clicking it will change this link into a Rem Reference, turning the text of the link into an alias of the target Rem or website.

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