Pros of Using Hypertext
- Any number of colors can be used as opposed to print text where it costs extra for each color used on each page
- Able to embed sounds, graphics, videos, and pictures
- Mistakes can be changed and all readers view the change instantaneously
- Anyone can publish to a wide audience for a fairly low cost and in a short time
- Text on a screen can easily be viewed by multiple people in the same room at once
- Documents are searchable
- Feedback forms can be added that can be sent to the author without the hassles of postal mail (finding stationery, paying for stamps, putting in mailbox, etc.)
- Can link to related sites
- Link to definitions, translations, and diagrams as references (allows for varying levels of readers)
- Access from any computer so no need to carry books with you wherever you go