5 Click Assign to assign the URL and the selected Link Styles to the text selection. Using the URL palette’s menu A pop-up menu in the URL Attachment palette lets you choose URL prefixes and the text of links that have been assigned to objects in the document. You can choose commands to create animation control objects. Also, you can choose an “unassign” option to remove a link from a selected object (see “Removing an assigned URL” on page 14.182). URL prefixes In the palette’s menu, you can select prefix text for Web sites, ftp sites, and e-mail addresses. •   Choose http:// or http://www. to enter a Web address. •   Choose ftp:// to enter a file transfer protocol (FTP) address. •   Choose mailto: to create an e-mail link. After selecting a prefix, type the rest of the link text in the text box. URL history When you create a hyperlink in a Canvas document, the URL is added to the palette’s menu. After you assign a link to an object, you can assign the same link to other objects by choosing the link text from the palette’s menu. The link text then appears in the text box at the top of the palette and you can click Assign to assign it to a selected object. Creating links to pages The list in the URL Attachment palette lets you create hypertext links from one page to another in a Canvas document. After you link pages, you will want to export each page as a separate Web page (see “HTML options” on page 14.206). Using this technique, you can eas- ily convert a single Canvas document into a hyperlinked Web site. To create links within a Canvas document 1 In a document with multiple pages, select an object or text to be a hyperlink. 2 In the URL Attachment palette, choose the page to link to. The page name (with the extension “htm”) appears in the text box. Tip You can use the Document Lay- out palette to assign meaningful names to pages before you cre- ate links to them using the URL Attachment palette.
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