Style sheets can be stored externally and linked to the current document. An external style sheet is a text file containing only style specifications. Creating an external style sheet links it to the current document. Editing an external style sheet affects all documents linked to it.

Link external style sheets to the current document using either the LINK or IMPORT tags. While both IMPORT and LINK make all styles in the remote style sheet available to the current document, LINK offers more features and works in more browsers.