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 Insert
or Edit Hyperlink
You can add, change, or remove a hyperlink from the active Web page by
using the Insert Hyperlink and Edit
Hyperlink dialog boxes. The dialog boxes provide the following
options.
Text to display Type the text you want to
display for the hyperlink. If you select a graphic and then open the
dialog box, this option is unavailable.
ScreenTip Click to enter the text you
want to appear when a site visitor rests the pointer over the hyperlink.
This is explained in more detail below
Link to Under Link to, click the type of
hyperlink you want to add or change.
Look in Typically you will be in your Current Folder,
the web site folder. Browsed Pages will take you to
recently viewed web sites outside your web. Recent Files
takes you to documents in your My Documents folder.
Address This is the destination of the link. To
specify a different destination, click that destination or file in the
list or type the path and file name of the destination, for
example, http://www.example.com.
Remove Link Deletes the hyperlink settings
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Screen Tip - clicking on the Screen Tip button opens
the Set Hyperlink Screen Tip dialog. The Words you
type into the Screen Tip text box will appear next to the hand when
visitors hover on the hyperlink, like the picture below. you can
use this to cue your visitors into taking action, or use it to explain
what happens next.
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Linking to an Existing File or Web Page
 Look
in Click to select a folder on your hard disk or a network
location that contains the Web page or file you want to link to.
This list is available only if the Current Folder
option is selected.
Current Folder Click to display a
list of files and folders on your hard disk or on a network
location. The list includes files and folders in the location
selected in the Look in box.
Browsed Pages Click to display a
list of Web pages you recently viewed.
Recent Files Click to
display a list of files you recently opened.
Bookmark Click to view a list of
bookmarks in the selected Web page and to specify a bookmark in that
page as the destination of the hyperlink. See the Example
below of how Bookmarks work.
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 Target
Frame Click to specify the frame in which you want the
destination of the hyperlink to open.
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of the options I use here is this: whenever I have a link that
leaves my site, I select New Window so that a new copy
of Internet explorer is opened, leaving my site still open in the
original window. skipping this step will take visitors off
your site - not what we usually want!
Parameters We won't be using this,
as it is outside the scope of this class. Click to add,
change, or remove optional parameters, such as queries to a
database.
Style We won't be using this
either. Click to apply formatting to the hyperlink either by
choosing custom formatting for it or by applying a style from a
cascading style sheet.
Address Displays the destination of
the hyperlink. To specify a different destination, click that
destination or file in the list or type the path and file name of
the destination, for example, http://www.example.com.
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 Bookmarks
A Bookmark is an anchor point, either text or a graphic,
that will be the destination of a hyperlink. They are used
commonly then you have a lengthy page and you provide a hyperlink list
at the top of the page that directs the visitor to information further
down the page. They are also used for those "Return to Top" links
you may have seen another site.
To create a Bookmark, select the text and click on
Insert, Bookmark. The Bookmark dialog opens, and you
simply name you bookmark and click ok. You can now create a
hyperlink to this bookmark by following the process below.
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Bookmark will show up in Design View with a
dashed underline. The dashes will not display in your published
web, but are only visible in FrontPage Design View.
A Hyperlink shows up
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Linking to a Place in This Document
Select a place in this document Lists
bookmarks in the active Web page. To set the destination of the
hyperlink to a bookmark in the page, click the bookmark you want.
Target Frame Click to specify the
frame in which you want the destination of the hyperlink to open.
Style Click to apply formatting to
the hyperlink either by choosing custom formatting for it or by
applying a style from a cascading style sheet.
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 Linking
to an E-mail Address
If
the destination of a hyperlink is an e-mail address, a site
visitor's default e-mail program starts and opens a new message when
the site visitor follows the hyperlink.
E-mail address Type the e-mail
address you want a site visitor to send the message to, and make
sure the text "mailto:" appears before that address. The e-mail
address automatically appears in the To line of the e-mail message.
Subject Type a subject for the e-mail
message. The subject automatically appears in the Subject line of
the e-mail message.
Recently used e-mail addresses Lists
e-mail addresses that you recently specified as hyperlink
destinations. If you also specified a subject for messages to be
sent to an address, a question mark and the subject of those message
is appended to the e-mail address. Click an e-mail address to use it
as the hyperlink destination.
Parameters Click to add, change, or
remove optional parameters, such as queries to a database.
Style Click to apply formatting to
the hyperlink either by choosing custom formatting for it or by
applying a style from a cascading style sheet.
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Create
New Document
I have
not used this feature ever, so we won't spend a lot of time here.
 Name
of new document Type a file name for the new Web page or
file that you want to set as the destination of the hyperlink.
Full path Displays the location
where the new Web page or file will be saved. To change the
location, click Change, and then select the
location you want.
Change Click to create the new Web
page or file in a different location.
Target Frame Click to specify the
frame in which you want the destination of the hyperlink to open.
Parameters Click to add, change,
or remove optional parameters, such as queries to a database. When
you connect to a data source, be sure that your password is not
readable by others. For example, do not store it where it is
readable as plain text, such as in a macro. Do not send it on the
Internet unless you use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol,
which encrypts data. You can tell whether a Web address uses SSL if
the address starts with "https" instead of "http."
Style Click to apply formatting to
the hyperlink either by choosing custom formatting for it or by
applying a style from a cascading style sheet.
When to edit
Edit the new document later Inserts
the hyperlink in the active Web page and creates the new file in the
location you specified. The new Web page or file does not open
automatically.
Edit the new document now Inserts
the hyperlink in the active Web page, creates the new Web page or
file in the location you specified, and opens it for you to edit.
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