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, youll 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