User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Apply Click this button to apply the link to the selected element.
Remove Select a link and click this button to delete the link.
Creating hyperlinks and anchors
To assign a hyperlink to an element:
1. In your document, select the element that will contain the hyperlink. You can assign
hyperlinks to elements such as text, or vector or image objects.
2. In the Link Manager palette, enter the hyperlink in the Link field, or click the Open File button
to search for a file.
3. Add a short description in the Title field. This description appears when you hover over the
link when your document is online.
4. Select the appropriate target frame.
5. Click the Apply button to assign the link.
Hyperlinks are case-sensitive; i.e., if a domain or document name uses uppercase, use
uppercase and vice-versa in the hyperlink.
You can’t assign a URL or action to objects on layers, pages, or slides that are locked.
To remove an assigned hyperlink:
1. In your document, select the element that has an assigned hyperlink that you want to
remove. In the Link Manager palette, the hyperlink appears in the Link field.
2. Click the Remove button.
When you remove a hyperlink from a piece of text, the blue underline formatting
remains. You can manually update the text properties to remove this formatting.
To define an anchor:
You can define anchors for various page elements, including text as well as vector and image objects.
1. In your document, select the object to which you want to assign the anchor.
2. In the Link Manager palette, select Define Anchor from the palette menu.
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