Inserting a link into a post

[campy]

Does anyone here know how to insert a link into a post in a single step.

I can do it by saving the link into Word Pad and then inserting it later.

I would like to be able to add it to a post automatically.

[windy]

Not really sure what you mean,  I just right click the link, copy,  and then paste it into the post like   www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-floods-tuesday-update-1.6250367 , so far it's worked for me .   Here's another done in about 2 seconds. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/man-finds-sea-fossil-8-300-feet-up-a-mountain-and-people-think-it-s-proof-of-a-great-flood/ar-AAQLBfe?ocid=msedgntp

[Admin]

Nov 16, 2021 8:27:22 GMT -5 campy said:

Does anyone here know how to insert a link into a post in a single step.

I can do it by saving the link into Word Pad and then inserting it later.

I would like to be able to add it to a post automatically.

Like Windy I'm not clear on what you mean. I too copy the link then paste it into the post, I don't know of any other way. I sometimes paste it into Word if I'm accumulating stuff to post.

[campy]

Sorry folks.  I know how to do it in my desktop as you have described it.

I can go to the link and highlight it and copy and paste it.

It's on my Tablet that I have the problem. Samsung Galaxy Tab A.

On a tablet, you don't have the bells and whistles like the desktop.  No mouse and no keyboard.

You reply to a post, but to get to the link you have to leave the post and pick up the link.

I want to stay in the post like the desktop.

There must be a way but I have struggled to find it.

[windy]

Agreed the copy and paste function with a tablet is not as easy as a PC,  but it can become sort of easy.  If I have a link I want to insert,  I usually go to the top 3 dots, and click Share.   Here you can send the link to any mail client, (I have multiple Gmail and Outlook on my tablet),  or you can just copy the link.  Once copied, you can then paste it into a post on another screen.  I usually don't clear my history screen until I'm done whatever I'm doing, just in case I need to go back and relook.  

[campy]

Nov 17, 2021 10:51:52 GMT -5 windy said:

Agreed the copy and paste function with a tablet is not as easy as a PC,  but it can become sort of easy.  If I have a link I want to insert,  I usually go to the top 3 dots, and click Share.   Here you can send the link to any mail client, (I have multiple Gmail and Outlook on my tablet),  or you can just copy the link.  Once copied, you can then paste it into a post on another screen.  I usually don't clear my history screen until I'm done whatever I'm doing, just in case I need to go back and relook.  

Thank you. I'll try it. Didn't think of the share. It's like saving it to the clipboard.

[Admin]

Nov 17, 2021 8:13:46 GMT -5 campy said:

Sorry folks.  I know how to do it in my desktop as you have described it.
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There must be a way but I have struggled to find it.

I too often copy the link and send it by email. I also use an app called I think, Yellow Sticky Note (?) which allows me to accumulate copied stuff to save, and or copy the whole think to paste elsewhere.

If you press on the tablet area you want to copy you should get a menu; copy text or: a couple of blue apostrophes which you move to cover the area you want, then press copy from the menu. Go to where you want to paste it; press on the area then select paste.

Sometimes you get a little menu icon: click on that you will see a text option - press paste


www.dummies.com/consumer-electronics/tablets/samsung-galaxy-tab/how-to-cut-copy-and-paste-text-on-the-galaxy-tab/

androidadvices.com/galaxy-tab-advanced-clipboard-option-copy-paste/

www.techrepublic.com/article/android-all-the-things-you-can-do-with-selected-text-and-images/