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100 Getting Started With AuthorIT
Create a Hypertext Link
A Hypertext Link object represents one or more links between individual characters in
a Topic object and other Topic objects and/or Internet URL locations. When published
these links become hypertext jumps in the Help and HTML, and page number cross
references or footnotes in the printed documentation.
Hyperlinks exist in the Library as objects. Hyperlink objects contains more
information than just the target of the link. Because all the content in our Library can
be published to printed, help and web outputs, the Hypertext link object holds
information on how the link will appear in all outputs. When you print a document
out, having an underlined word (like on a website) isnʹt any use. Therefore, in printed
output, the default Hypertext Link objects in the sample library will insert text beside
the anchor text, giving a page reference.
To Create a Hypertext Link to a Topic within the same Book (by
dragging and dropping).
1) Click the Show Topic Pane button from the Book Contents toolbar.
2) Open (double‐click) the Introduction Topic.
3) In the first paragraph, highlight the text Find and Replace. This will be the anchor
text for our new Hypertext Link.
4) In the Book Contents, select (single‐click) the To find and replace specific text
Topic. This Topic is to be the target of the Hypertext Link object.
In hypertext link terminology; ʺanchor textʺ is the text you click on, ʺtargetʺ is the
location the link goes to.
5) Drag the Topic To find and replace specific text and drop it onto the highlighted
text within the Topic Editor, then from the shortcut menu that appears, choose
Create Link Using > Jump Template.