To create a hypertext link 1 Choose Object > Options > URL Tag from the Menu bar to open the URL Attachment palette. 2 Choose Frame Number 2, “News” from the status bar or the Document Layout palette 3 With the Selection tool, highlight the text at bottom that reads “U.S. Tour News.” 4 In the text box of the palette, type “mailto:news@ustour.com.” 5 Click the Assign button to assign this URL to the text selec- tion. To add style and color to hyperlinked text At this point, you can add color and formatting styles to the hyper- linked text. 1 In the URL Attachment palette, select the Link Styles check- box. 2 Click the “B” button for bold, the “I” button for italic, and the “U” button for underline. 3 Select a solid color for the text in the color palette pop-up. By default, Canvas makes hypertext dark blue. 4 Click Assign to assign the URL and the Link Styles you selected to the text selection. You can close the document now. In the next exercise, you’ll work with a completed version of this document, which is stored in the Tutorial folder. Tip Select “mailto:” from the URL prefix menu. Hypertext color and styles options
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