CHAPTER
14
WEB PUBLISHING
Canvas is an ideal tool for creating graphics and layouts for the
World Wide Web. This chapter explores how to prepare graphics and
documents for publishing on the Web or a company intranet. It
includes information on hyperlinks, animations, and Web-page but-
tons.
About hyperlinks and hypertext
After you create illustrations and text for a Web page in Canvas, you
can use the URL Attachment palette to link items in the layout to
other Web pages and resources on the Internet.
Visible objects, such as buttons or graphics, that lead to other Web
pages are called hyperlinks or simply links. Text that contains a
hyperlink is called hypertext. Someone viewing your Web page
clicks a hyperlink to jump to another Web page located on your site
or anywhere on the Internet. The Web browser searches the Internet
for the address associated with the hyperlink. An internet address is
referred to as a URL, an abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator.
You can make hyperlinks by assigning URLs to any object, including
the following:
vector objects, such as small illustrations
image objects, including photos and painted images
text selections and entire text objects
buttons and animations
Hypertext
Hyperlinked object
Hyperlinked image
Examples of hyperlinks
Tip
To create invisible hotspots,
you can assign URLs to objects
that dont have visible strokes
or fill inks. This lets you desig-
nate any area of a Web page as
a hyperlink.