An Image Map is an image that contains many separate areas linked to different URLs.
The program features two types of image maps. You can either assign links to separate graphic objects or create specific linked areas in any image.
To insert an image map in a web page, create in the Grapic Editor an image
containing as many objects as many link areas you want to have in your image
map. Note that any objects of the Graphic Editor can be used for assigning
separate links in an image map. You can create an image map either from the
Physical Layout or the Page Editor.
To create an image map from the Physical Layout to use it later in any page
of your site:
- In the Physical Layout, click the Images folder (or the folder set as
default image folder).
- Select the Physical Layout > Create Image... from the menu, or click
the Create Image button on the Physical Layout Toolbar.
- Double-click the newly created image to edit it in the Graphic Editor.
- Insert any object you want (this may be a picture, text line, chart, OLE
object, border - any object available in the Graphic Editor).
- Select the object, and select Object > Link... from menu.
- The Link dialog box is displayed. Select any kind of link and click the
Assign URL button.
- Repeat steps 4-6 for every link area of the image map. You can perform
any operation available in the Graphic Editor with these objects and/or
insert any other objects without links.
To create an image map from a page:
- Select Insert > Image... from menu, or click the Image button on the
Insert Object Toolbar.
- The Image Attributes dialog box is displayed. Click the Create button.
- Make other wanted selections in the Image Attributes dialog and click OK.
- In the page, double-click the blank image to inplace-edit it.
- Insert any object you want (this may be a picture, text line, chart, OLE
object, border - any object available in the Graphic Editor).
- Select the object, and select Object > Link... from menu.
- The Link dialog box is displayed. Select any kind of link and click the
Assign URL button.
- Repeat steps 6-8 for every link area of the image map. You can perform
any operation available in the Graphic Editor with these objects and/or
insert any other objects without links.
To edit an image map (to add, remove, modify some link areas):
Double-click the image in the Physical Layout.
Or double-click the image in the page to inplace-edit it.
To add linked area to an image, in the Graphic Editor, click the Map Link button in the New Object or select Object > Map Link from the menu.
Create any rectangular, elliptic, or polygonal linked area with the tool similar to Drawing tools.
Note that if you use an image as an image map with different links, the Slide Show effect makes it meaningless. Don't use the same image for both map links and Slide Show, if you want the links to be available.