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On sending articles and web addresses
For some reason many people who use the Internet do not understand that when sending Web articles via e-mail, it is necessary to include the Web address or hyperlink of the original article, so that if the recipient wants to see the original article himself, or forward the article to others, or post the article at his own blog, there is an actual article with the original text that is instantly accessible for reading and reference, not just an e-mail. Sending someone a Web article without its Web address is like sending someone a quote from a book or from a magazine, without including the title of the book or the name and date of the magazine. If people would remember this, it would spare me the necessity of writing back to correspondents asking them for the address of an article they have just sent me. This happens a few times every day. Yes, sometimes I can find the article myself via Google, but not if the article was published that same day. In any case, it should not be necessary for the recipient to go looking for the article, since the sender, who in most cases already has the article displayed on his computer screen, can easily take care of this in a couple of seconds. It is simple to copy and paste the Web address of an article. With the article loaded in your browser, click the pointer in the address bar (in Internet Explorer this can also be done with a keystroke, Alt+D, meaning that while holding down the Alt key you press D and release both keys). The address will be automatically selected (highlighted). Copy the address with Ctrl+C, then switch to your e-mail and paste the address into the e-mail with Ctrl+V. In most e-mail programs the address will automatically turn into an active hyperlink. You can also copy the address of a Web page from any hyperlink to that Web page, without loading the page. Right-click on the link and on the context menu that displays there will be a button that says something like, “Copy shortcut” or “Copy link.”
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