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3. SelectURLtocreateanexternalhyperlinkpointingtoawebpageoraninternalhyperlinkpoint-
ingtoanotherpageinthedocument;orselectEmailtocreateamailto-linkthatwillopenthe
defaultemailclientwhenclicked.
4. ForaURL:
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URL:
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Externalhyperlink:Enteravalid,well-formedURLtolinkto.Itmuststartwiththepro-
tocol,suchashttp://orhttps://.
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Internalhyperlink:EnteranID,precededbyahash;forexample:#myID.Thelink
willpointtoanelementwiththatID.
Note: Aninternalhyperlinkmaypointtoanelementinanothersection.Just
makesurethatthereisonlyoneelementinthedocumentwiththespecifiedID.
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Target:usethedrop-downortypeinthetargetforthelink.Whenthetargetis_blankthe
linkwillopeninanewbrowserwindowortab.
Foramailto link:
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Email:enteravalidemailaddressthatappearsbydefaultintheTo:fieldoftheemailcli-
ent.
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Subject:typeadefaultsubjectthatappearsintheSubject:fieldoftheemailclient.
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Message:typeamessagethatappearsbydefaultintheMessagefieldoftheemailclient.
Notethatallthesecanbechangedwithintheemailclientoncethelinkisclicked.
Tip: Toquicklychangethetextofahyperlink,positionthecursoronthelinkandclick~con-
tentsintheBreadcrumbs.Nowyoucanstarttypingthenewtext.
Dynamicallyinsertingormodifyingahyperlink
Youmaywishtoadjustahyperlinkdependingonavalueinarecordthatismergedtothetemplate
whengeneratingoutput,forexample,toprovideadifferentmailtolinkfordifferentcustomers.
Dynamicallyaddingormodifyingahyperlinkimplieswritingascript.Forinformationaboutscripts,see
"Writingyourownscripts"onpage368.
Addingapersonalizedlink
PersonalizedURLs(pURLs)arelinksthataretailor-madeforaspecificpurpose,generallyforindi-
vidualclients.Typically,apURLinaConnecttemplatetakestheusertoapersonalizedlandingpage,
forexample,todownloadaninvoiceorgetaccesstospecificproductsorservices.Formoreinform-
ation,seePersonalizedURL.
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