Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 535)

527 USING INDESIGN CS4
Dynamic documents
Open the Hyperlinks panel
• Choose Window > Interactive > Hyperlinks.
• Choose Window > Type & Tables > Cross-References.
Sort hyperlinks in the Hyperlinks panel
❖ Choose Sort from the Hyperlinks panel menu, and then choose any of the following:
Manually Displays the hyperlinks in the order in which they were added to the document.
By Name Displays the hyperlinks in alphabetical order.
By Type Displays the hyperlinks in groups of similar type.
Display hyperlinks in smaller rows
❖ 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 > 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.
See also
“ Add automatic page numbers for story jumps ” on page 91
“ Export to PDF ” on page 496
“ Cross-references ” on page 532
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 “ Buttons ” on page 545.)
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:
• 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.
• 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.
Updated 18 June 2009