Display hyperlinks in smaller rows, Create hyperlinks – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Interactive documents
Last updated 11/16/2011
By Name
Displays the hyperlinks in alphabetical order.
By Type
Displays the hyperlinks in groups of similar type.
Display hyperlinks in smaller rows
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Choose Small Panel Rows from the Hyperlinks panel menu.
Create hyperlinks
You can create hyperlinks to pages, URLs, text anchors, email addresses, and files. If you create a hyperlink to a page
or text anchor in a different document, make sure that the exported files appear in the same folder.
To show or hide hyperlinks, choose View
> Extras > Show Hyperlinks or Hide Hyperlinks.
Note: Hyperlinks are included in exported Adobe PDF files if Hyperlinks is selected in the Export Adobe PDF dialog box in
InDesign. Hyperlinks are included in the exported SWF file if Include Hyperlinks is selected in the Export SWF dialog box.
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Create a hyperlink to a web page (URL)
You can use several different methods to create hyperlinks to URLs. When you specify a URL, you can use any valid
Internet resource protocol: http://, file://, ftp://, or mailto://.
You can also use the Buttons feature to link to web pages. (See “
You may want to create a character style for hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are often formatted in underlined blue text.
1 Select the text, frame, or graphic you want to be the hyperlink’s source. For example, you can select the text, “See
the Adobe website.”
2 In the Hyperlinks panel, use any of the following methods to create a hyperlink to a URL:
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In the URL text box, type or paste the URL name (such as http://www.adobe.com), and then choose New Hyperlink
from the Hyperlinks panel. Choose URL from the Link To menu, specify appearance options, and click OK.
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If a URL is selected in your document, choose New Hyperlink From URL in the Hyperlinks panel menu. Double-
click the hyperlink in the Hyperlinks panel, and then choose URL from the Link To menu, specify appearance
options, and click OK.
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Select a previously added URL from the URL menu. The hyperlink appearance is the same as that used in the
previous URL.
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Choose New Hyperlink in the Hyperlinks panel menu. Choose URL from the Link To menu, specify appearance
options, and click OK.
Note: If a URL hyperlink isn’t working in the exported PDF, there may be a problem with the hyperlink being a “Shared
Destination.” Double-click the hyperlink in the Hyperlinks panel, choose URL from the Link To menu, deselect Shared
Hyperlink Destination, and click OK.