How To Create A Hyperlink In Publisher

Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks allow you to jump to specific pages, files or web addresses (URLs) with a single click.

About hyperlinks

Hyperlinks make it easy to navigate between areas in your publication or to access external resources – web pages, or files stored on the reader's local storage. Email addresses can be also linked to, which will launch the reader's email app and set up a message to a specified email address.

Hyperlinks created in Publisher are included when your document is exported as a PDF. Additionally, if you create a TOC or index and request hyperlinks on export, the TOC or index will be furnished with hyperlinks as appropriate.

About anchors

If you want to create a hyperlink to a specific point in your publication, i.e. a specific location in your frame text or artistic text, you can insert an anchor at that point in advance of creating a hyperlink to it. You can't add an anchor to shapes or placed images.

To create an anchor:

With an insertion point positioned in the text where you wish to add the anchor, do one of the following:
- From the Anchors panel (enabled via View>Studio), select Add Anchor. In the Anchor Properties dialog, enter a Name for your anchor and then click OK.
- From the Text menu, click Interactive and then select Insert Anchor. Enter a name for your anchor, determine whether it can be exported as a PDF bookmark, then click OK.
Select text or an object elsewhere in your document and add a hyperlink to it.

To display anchors in your publication:

From the Text menu, click Interactive and then select Show Anchors. Anchor icons will appear in the publication where anchors have been placed.

To delete an anchor:

Do one of the following:
- From the Anchors panel (enabled via View>Studio), select the anchor you wish to delete and select Delete Anchor.
- Alternatively, to delete an anchor directly from the page, go to the Text menu, click Interactive and then select Show Anchors to display anchors. With an insertion point made directly after the anchor, press the .
- Alternatively, to delete an anchor directly from the page, go to the Text menu, click Interactive and then select Show Anchors to display anchors. With an insertion point made directly after the anchor, press the .

To insert a hyperlink:

Make an insertion point within the word or select the full range of text you wish to be hyperlinked. Then do one of the following:
- From the Text menu, click Interactive and then select Insert Hyperlink.
- From the Hyperlinks panel (enabled via View>Studio), select Add Hyperlink.
In the Hyperlink Properties dialog, do the following:
1. Choose a Hyperlink Type.
2. Depending on the link type, specify the destination: select a page number, existing anchor or external file, or type or paste the web page or email address to be linked.
3. (Optional) For a file link, tick Include File on Export to have Publisher create a copy of the file alongside the PDF (when exporting to a PDF version that supports hyperlinks).
4. (Optional) If the link is applied to text, choose a Character Style for the text.
5. Click OK.

To edit a hyperlink:

On the Hyperlinks panel, double-click the hyperlink you wish to edit.
Update the hyperlink's settings in the Hyperlink Properties dialog.

To rename a hyperlink:

On the Hyperlinks panel, select the hyperlink you wish to rename.
After a brief pause, click the hyperlink's name to begin editing it, make your changes, then press .

To go to a hyperlink's source in the document:

On the Hyperlinks panel, select a hyperlink.
Click Go to Source.

To go to a hyperlink's target:

On the Hyperlinks panel, select a hyperlink.
Click Go to Target.

To delete a hyperlink:

On the Hyperlinks panel, select the hyperlink you wish to delete.
Click Remove Hyperlink.