5
Click Assign to assign the URL and the selected Link Styles to
the text selection.
Using the URL palettes 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 palettes 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 palettes 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 palettes 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.