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INDESIGN CS3

User Guide

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Hyperlinks

A. Hyperlink source B. List of hyperlinks

To create a hyperlink to a position in text or to a page with specific view settings, you first create a destination, and
then you create the hyperlink that points to that location.

Note: It isn’t necessary to create a destination for hyperlinks that jump to an unnamed page, and you can create a
hyperlink from a URL that you’ve typed in your document without first creating a destination.

InDesign supports three kinds of hyperlink destinations:

Document page

When you create a page destination, you can specify the zoom setting of the page being jumped to.

Text anchor

A text anchor is any selected text or insertion-point location in a document.

URL destination

A URL destination indicates the location of resources on the Internet, such as a web page, a movie,

or a PDF file. The name of a URL destination must be a valid URL address.

Hyperlink destinations do not appear in the Hyperlinks panel; they appear in the Destination section of the New
Hyperlink dialog box.

See also

“Add automatic page numbers for story jumps” on page 84

“Export to PDF” on page 473

Create a hyperlink

1

If necessary, create a hyperlink destination.

2

Select the text or graphic you want to be the hyperlink’s source.

3

Choose Window > Interactive > Hyperlinks to display the Hyperlinks panel.

4

Choose New Hyperlink in the Hyperlinks panel menu, or click the Create New Hyperlink button at the bottom of

the Hyperlinks panel.

5

For Name, type the name of the hyperlink. The name you type will appear in the Hyperlinks panel.

6

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.

7

For Type, select Page, Text Anchor, or URL to display the available destinations for that category. To display all

destinations, select All Types.

8

For Name (under Destination), do one of the following:

To create a hyperlink to a destination you created, choose the destination name.

A

B