User Guide

TOPIC C

Creating an Image Map

You’ve added one hyperlink to a single picture making it more functional. But by adding mul-

tiple links to a single picture, you can essentially create your own link bar. In this topic, you

will learn how to add multiple hyperlinks to one picture.

There may be times when you want a picture to behave as a link bar, that is, one graphical

element with many links in it. This is especially true when you need a picture to convey more

meaning than a simple button label could. FrontPage allows you to add many hyperlinks to a

single image so that it behaves much the same way as a link bar. This gives you much more

freedom in how you visually present your hyperlinks.

Create an Image Map

Procedure

Reference:

A hotspot is a deﬁned area in a picture that contains a hyperlink. They can be

shaped as a rectangle, circle, or as a polygon. (You can even add text labels to

pictures that can become hotspots.) A picture with one or more hotspots is an

image map. Essentially invisible in a browser, hotspots can be easily identiﬁed

because when you place the mouse pointer over a hotspot, it changes from a

pointing arrow to a ﬁnger icon. To create hotspots:

Select the picture to contain the hotspot.

On the Picture toolbar, select the Rectangular Hotspot tool.

Drag the mouse across the picture to draw the area that you want to be

the hotspot.

Release the mouse button to display the Create Hyperlink dialog box.

Create a ScreenTip and select the page that you want to use as the target

for the hyperlink.

Click OK.

You can always modify or delete a hotspot by selecting the picture con-

taining the link(s) and then making the appropriate changes.

LESSON 4

FrontPage 2002 – Level 1

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