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2 In the Link box of the Property inspector, type a number sign (#) and the name of the anchor. For example, to link
to an anchor named “top” in the current document, type #top. To link to an anchor named “top” in a different
document in the same folder, type filename.html#top .
Note: Anchor names are case-sensitive.
Link to a named anchor using the point-to-file method
1 Open the document containing the named anchor.
Note: If you don’t see the anchor, select View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements to make it visible.
2 In the Document window’s Design view, select text or an image you want to link from. (If this is another open
document, you must switch to it.)
3 Do one of the following:
• Click the Point-To-File icon (target icon) to the right of the Link box in the Property inspector and drag it to the
anchor you want to link to: either an anchor within the same document or an anchor in another open document.
• Shift-drag in the Document window from the selected text or image to the anchor you want to link to: either an
anchor within the same document or an anchor in another open document.
Create an e-mail link
An e-mail link opens a new blank message window (using the mail program associated with the user’s browser) when
clicked. In the e-mail message window, the To box is automatically updated with the address specified in the e-mail link.
Create an e-mail link using the Insert Email Link command
1 In the Document window’s Design view, position the insertion point where you want the e-mail link to appear, or
select the text or image you want to appear as the e-mail link.
2 Do one of the following to insert the link:
• Select Insert > Email Link.
• In the Common category of the Insert bar, click the Email Link button.
3 In the Text box, type or edit the body of the e-mail.
4 In the Email box, type the e-mail address, then click OK.
Create an e-mail link using the Property inspector
1 Select text or an image in the Document window’s Design view.
2 In the Link box of the Property inspector, type
mailto:
followed by an e-mail address.
Do not type any spaces between the colon and the e-mail address.
Auto-populate the subject line of an e-mail
1 Create an e-mail link using the Property inspector as outlined above.
2 In the Link box of the Property inspector, add ?subject= after the email, and type a subject after the equals sign.
Do not type any spaces between the question mark and the end of the e-mail address.
The complete entry would look as follows:
mailto:[email protected]?subject=Mail from Our Site
September 4, 2007