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I'd like to insert a URL into this document. Is there a "correct" way of doing that? If so, is there a way to turn it into a link inside the final pdf generated with pdfTeX or XeTeX?

Billy ONeal
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2 Answers2

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I thought this was a duplicate but I think I was thinking of email addresses. URLs are simple:

\usepackage{hyperref}
...
\url{http://google.com}

Colours can be changed by setting up hyperref as desired:

\hypersetup{
  colorlinks, linkcolor=red
}

If you're not using hyperref then load the url package:

\usepackage{url}
...
\url{http://google.com}

but you won't get hyperlinks, of course.

doncherry
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Will Robertson
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Also,

\href{http://google.com}{Google}

so that when you press on the word Google you get connected to Google's site.

Here is what you should put in the preamble:

\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{citecolor=DeepPink4}
\hypersetup{linkcolor=DarkRed}
\hypersetup{urlcolor=DarkBlue}
\usepackage{cleveref}

This should be placed as is at the bottom of the list of added packages.

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    Why not \usepackage[colorlinks,citecolor=DeepPink4,linkcolor=DarkRed, urlcolor=DarkBlue]{hyperref}? And what is cleveref for here? – TH. Sep 29 '10 at 05:48
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    maybe also something like \usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor} (before \hypersetup) to access the named colours – Geoffrey Jones Sep 29 '10 at 10:05