Operation Manual

52 Working with Hyperlinks and Interactivity
To create a new hyperlink in existing text, you would first select the
range of text you wanted to link, then click the+\SHUOLQN button. The
same dialog would appear, and then linking would be simply a matter
of choosing the destination and clicking 2..
From a design standpoint, it makes sense to include a navigation
bar—a cluster of links to the various key pages on your site. Put it on
the Master Page, so the same links will appear on each page. Instead of
using separate blocks of free text, as in this Page Wizard, you might use
a single text frame across the top of your page, with the links
centered—for example:
However you design it, consider your navigation bar an essential
element. Users will expect it to be there to help them get around your
site. Again, it makes sense to plan your basic layouts ahead of time.
Hyperlinking graphics
Only a few additional words are required here, because the procedure
for linking graphic objects is the same as that for linking text. You just
select the object to be linked and click the +\SHUOLQN button.
Y Click the &XUUHQW3DJH box to switch back to the page layer.
Y With the Pointer tool, click on the photo to select it, then click the
+\SHUOLQN button.
Again, you’ll see the Hyperlinks dialog. This is the technique you’d use
to hyperlink an entire object. Compare this with the hotspot method,
explained below.
Using hotspots
A hotspot is a transparent hyperlink region on a Web page. Usually
placed on top of bitmap pictures, hotspots act like buttons that respond
when clicked in a Web browser. They are especially useful if you want
the visitor to be able to click on different parts of a picture (such as a
graphic “menu” or map of your site). To give you an idea of how they
work, we’ll need to create one.
Y Click the
+RWVSRWbutton on the left toolbar. The cursor
changes to a cross.
Let’s place a hotspot over the boat in the photo.