There are four basic kinds of links (connections to other places):

1. Links from your document to an external site (one you did not create)

2. Links from your document to another document in your site

3. Links from one place in your document to another place in the same document

4. Email links

Linking to an External Site

Let's begin with the easiest, linking from your document to an external site.

1. Draw a new layer.

2. Type in some text. Modify the text to match the look you want (change the font size, type, etc.).

3. Highlight the text.

4. Go to the properties palette.

5. Type in your link address. Make sure you type in "http://"

 

Your text should have turned blue and been underlined. This indicates that it is now a hyperlink.

You can also make images links.

You have the University of Alabama wordmark on your site, and you want viewers to be able to click it and go to the University website.

 

1. Draw a new layer.

2. Click the image icon on the common objects palette.

3. Click in your new layer.

4. Find your image and click ok.

5. Go to the properties palette.

6. Type in your link, just like for text. The process is exactly the same, only what you are linking changes.

7. A very important extra step is to set your border to 0.

If you do not do this, a blue box will be drawn around your image to indicate that it is a link. This could be disastrous for the graphic impact of your page.

Viewers will know that the image is a link when they move the mouse over it and the cursor turns into a hand.