Text Formatting ⇒ Hash in a URL

[ac10]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to use a hash symbol as part of a url. I want the url to be clickable so \# doesn't work. It cuts everything after it out of the url.

I tried putting it in math mode, but that didn't work either.

I get this error - You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.

This is my header....

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\documentclass{book}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}                  
\geometry{a4paper,margin=1in,} 
\usepackage{url}   

Thanks very much for your help.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

To get a clickable URL, you should load the hyperref package in addition:

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\usepackage{hyperref}

Stefan

[localghost]

An adequate problem description would contain a minimal example.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}
  \url{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latex2e-help-texinfo/latex2e.html#toc-Overview-of-LaTeX-1}
\end{document}

Thorsten