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Use a shortened URL (Uniform Resource Locator; a webpage address) and/or a QR (Quick Response) code in your posts and your event promotional material, to make it easier for guests to quickly arrive at your event webpage.

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Shorten a URL

In a web browser, navigate to Google the Bitly URL Shortener https://goobitly.glcom/

Enter your original URL and click Shorten URLTip: Login to your Google account to avoid completing the 'I'm not a robot' step

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Your short URL appears. Click the copy Copy icon next to the short URL (ready to paste into your email/promotional material)

Click Done

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Open the item where the short URL is to appear (email/document/etc), paste (right-click and select paste; or Ctrl+V).

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Obtain a QR code

To obtain Use a web search engine (e.g. www.google.com) to search for a QR code for your Event, after completing steps 1 and 2 above, the original URL will be listed below the 'Simply your links' field.

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Move the mouse pointer to the right of the row, click the more button and select QR code

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The QR code is shown in a popup window

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To save the QR code as an image, right-click over the QR code, select Save image as... from the menu that appears, select a folder location and click Save. Note .png is the default image file type, click the drop-down list to save as a different type of file.generator, e.g. https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/

Copy/paste the URL into the QR code generator and press enter, then download the code.

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You may also be interested in this Youtube video - creating a working QR code in MS Word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFYDC3g6u7o



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