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Linking files



When you design your Web pages, you can create links to add images and other media, navigational links, and more to your pages. In Adobe GoLive, you can create links using the Inspector or keyboard shortcuts. When you use the Inspector to create a link, you can specify a file to be used as the link destination by using a URL or Source text box, Point and Shoot button, or Browse button.

To create a link using the Inspector or a keyboard shortcut:

1 Create a source for the link in the document window. If you are adding a navigational link, add text or an object from which you can link to the document window. If you are adding an image or other media to the page, add a placeholder to the document window.

2 Select the source of the link. To select text, drag. To select an object or placeholder, click it.

3 Choose Window > Inspector, and click the appropriate tab in the Inspector for creating the link.

4 Click the New Link button () in the Inspector or on the toolbar.

5 Select a file to be used as the link destination by doing one of the following:

  • Drag from the Point and Shoot button () in the Inspector to a file in a site window or on your desktop.

  • When the link has been successfully created, the connecting line blinks, and the path to the file appears in the URL or Source text box in the Inspector. If the line recoils, you have released the mouse button too soon or the link can't be created.


    Drag from Point and Shoot button in Inspector to file in site window.

  • Click the Browse button () in the Inspector. In the Open dialog box, select a file, and click Open.
  • In the URL or Source text box in the Inspector, enter the URL of a file.
  • Alt-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) from the source of the link to a file in a site window or on your desktop. Release the mouse button when the file is highlighted.


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