Hyperlink appearance options, Convert urls to hyperlinks, Manage hyperlinks – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Last updated 11/16/2011
2 Choose New Hyperlink in the Hyperlinks panel menu, or click the Create New Hyperlink button at the bottom of
the Hyperlinks panel.
3 In the New Hyperlink dialog box, choose Shared Destination from the Link To menu.
4 For Document, select the document containing the destination that you want to jump to. All open documents that
have been saved are listed in the pop-up menu. If the document you’re looking for isn’t open, select Browse in the
pop-up menu, locate the file, and then click Open.
5 Choose a destination from the Name menu.
6 Specify hyperlink appearance options, and then click OK.
Hyperlink appearance options
The options determine the appearance of the hyperlink or cross-reference source in the exported PDF or SWF file.
These appearance options are also displayed in the InDesign document if you choose View > Extras > Show
Hyperlinks.
Character Style
Choose a character style to apply to the hyperlink source. The Character Style option is available only
if the hyperlink source is selected text, not a selected frame or graphic.
If you’re inserting a cross-reference, you can apply a character style when you edit a cross-reference format. You can
also apply character styles to building blocks within a format. See “
Type
Select Visible Rectangle or Invisible Rectangle.
Highlight
Select Invert, Outline, Inset, or None. These options determine the appearance of the hyperlink when it’s
being clicked in the PDF or SWF file.
Color
Select a color for the visible hyperlink rectangle.
Width
Select Thin, Medium, or Thick to determine the thickness of the hyperlink rectangle.
Style
Select Solid or Dashed to determine the appearance of the hyperlink rectangle.
Convert URLs to hyperlinks
You can find and convert URLs (such as “www.adobe.com”) in your document and convert them to hyperlinks.
1 Choose Convert URLs To Hyperlinks from the Hyperlinks panel menu.
2 For Scope, indicate whether your want to convert URLs in the entire document, the current story, or the current
selection.
3 To apply a character style to the hyperlink, select a character style from the Character Style menu.
4 Do any of the following, and then click Done.
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Click Find to locate the next URL.
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Click Convert to convert the current URL to a hyperlink.
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Click Convert All to convert all URLs to hyperlinks.
Manage hyperlinks
Use the Hyperlinks panel to edit, delete, reset, or locate hyperlinks. In InCopy, you can manage hyperlinks only if the
story is checked out for editing.
Edit hyperlinks
1 In the Hyperlinks panel, double-click the item you want to edit.