Attaching hyperlinks to text
You can select any amount of text from one character to whole
paragraphs or entire text objects and use the URL Attachment pal-
ette to make the text selection a hypertext link to a Web page, ftp
address, or e-mail address.
Hypertext styles Many Web browsers display underlining or col-
ors on hypertext. You can use the URL Attachment palette to apply
styles and colors when you assign a URL to a text selection.
Text in images Making hypertext links in Canvas lets you design
the equivalent of image maps that can be easily edited. To do this,
place text on images (or vector objects), and then link the text to the
appropriate URLs. Later, if you want to change the illustration, you
can edit the text, images, and objects separately in the original Can-
vas document.
To create a hypertext link
1
Choose Object > Options > URL Tag to open the URL Attach-
ment palette, if necessary.
2
Make a text selection in the Canvas document. The selected
text appears highlighted.
3
Do one of the following to define a link for the selected text:
Type a URL (including http, ftp, or mailto) or a Web page
file name in the text box at the top of the palette.
Use the palettes menu to enter a URL. See Using the URL
palettes menu on page 14.184.
Use the Browse button to select a Web page file.
Select a page in the palettes list.
4
To apply styles or color to the text, select the Link Styles check
box. The text style buttons and a pop-up color palette appear.
Click style buttons to apply text styles.
Select a solid color ink from the color palette, or choose the
Custom button to use the Color Editor.
Anti-aliased
vector
objects and
text
Hyperlinked
image
Hyperlinked
invisible
object
Hyperlinked
vector and
text
Color palette
Select Link Styles to show the
text style options
Text styles