How to Send Long URLs Over Email

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Go to a website called TinyUrl at www.tinyurl.com.

   Ensure that the Links option has a checkmark next to it.
   
   If it doesn't, click on the word "Links".
   
   You should now see a row below your navigation controls on the browser, which may contain the names of some websites. , Click on that link, hold the mouse button down, and drag the link onto the Links Toolbar on your browser (just below the navigation bar).
   
   You should see a link to TinyURL on that bar. ,,, TinyURL has assigned a short URL in the form of tinyurl.com/XXXXXX which will forever redirect automatically to the long URL you were previously on. , In fact, TinyURL has automatically copied it to your clipboard. ,
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   Step 2: In Internet Explorer

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   Step 3: select the View menu

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   Step 4: and highlight Toolbars.

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   Step 5: On the tinyurl homepage

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   Step 6: it should say Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar

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   Step 7: and below that it should have a link saying TinyURL!.

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   Step 8: Surf to a page with a long URL.

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   Step 9: Click on the TinyURL link on your browser's toolbar.

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    Step 10: You will be directed to a page on the TinyURL site.

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    Step 11: when you want to email someone that URL

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    Step 12: you can just copy and paste the short tinyurl.com/XXXXXX URL into the email.

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    Step 13: When someone receives your email

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    Step 14: and clicks through the TinyURL link

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    Step 15: they will automatically end up on the page with the long URL.

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