Note: To prevent unintended changes, you cant assign URLs to
objects on locked layers, pages, or slides. You must unlock prior to
making changes.
Using the URL Attachment palette
The URL Attachment palette is a small floating window that lets you
do the following:
attach URLs to objects and text, or remove an attached URL
find objects that have a specified URL attached to them
display the URL attached to a selected object or text
apply colors and styles to hypertext
designate selected text as searchable keywords
specify the path to use for relative hyperlinks
Creating hyperlinks
Using the URL Attachment palette, you can create links to Web
pages and other resources on the Internet. Your links can point to
Web pages with http URLs; to files with ftp URLs; and to e-mail
addresses with mailto URLs. You can also make hyperlinks to Web
pages that are on a local hard disk or company intranet.
URL formats
All URLs start with text that identifies the type of resource located at
the URL address.
http://
A Web page URL starts with http (for Hypertext Trans-
port Protocol), followed by the Internet address, path and name of a
Web page file; e.g., http://www.deneba.com/index.html
ftp://
A files URL can start with ftp (for File Transfer Protocol)
followed by the Internet address, path and name of a file; e.g., ftp://
ftp.deneba.com/public/Guide.pdf
mailto:
An Internet e-mail URL starts with mailto followed by a
username, @ symbol, and domain name; e.g.,
mailto:support@deneba.com
Relative paths
You can create hyperlinks to Web pages by typing
relative paths, rather than complete URLs, in the URL Attachment
palette. Canvas specifies links this way when you select local files by
using the Browse button in the URL Attachment palette. See Creat-
ing links to other files on page 14.186.