Links, E-Mails and Anchors

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Anchors

To insert an anchor in the text place your cursor before the text or section you want to the anchor to refer and press Anchor.png button on the toolbar. A popup window called "Anchor Properties" will appear:

Image:Anchor_popup.png

Anchor Name: specifies the anchor name. You will be referring to this name while linking to the anchor.

Press "OK" and the anchor will appear in your document.

Links and E-mails

To insert a link to an URL address, anchor or an e.mail press Link.gif button on the toolbar. A popup window called "Link" will appear.

Image:Link_URL.png

Link Type: specifies the type of link you want to put in the document. You can choose from "URL", "Link to anchor in the text" or "E-mail". Depending on which option you will choose different options and bookmarks will appear in the window. We will start from the Link Type: URL.

URL

Link Info

If you chose Link Type: URL the same option as in the above picture will appear.

Protocol: specifies the type of protocol you want to use for your link. You can choose from "http://", "https://","ftp://", "news://" or "<other>".

URL: specifies the address you want your link to refer to.

Target

The second bookmark of the window refers to "Target":

Image:Link_URL_target.png

Target: set's the target of your link. Specifies in what kind of a window a link will appear. You may choose from "<frame>", "New Window" ( _blank ), "Topmost Window" ( _top ),

Same Window ( _self ), Parent Window ( _parent).

Target Frame Name: in this window you will find the name of the option you have selected in "Target"

In "Target" you may also choose the <popup window> option. After clicking it you will find that the options in the bookmark have changed:

Image:Link_URL_target_popup.png

Popup Window Name: specifies the name of your popup window.

Popup Window Features: you can check or uncheck several option regarding to the appearance of the popup window. Some of the options are depending on which browser you're using.

Width: specifies the width of the window the linked address will appear in.

Height: specifies the width of the window the linked address will appear in.

Left Position: sets the horizontal position of the window the linked adress will appear in, starting from the left side of your screen.

Top Position: sets the vertical position of the window the linked adress will appear in, starting from the top of your screen.

Upload

The third bookmark refers to "Upload":

Image:Link_URL_upload.png

Upload: specifies the location of the file you want to upload. If you don't want to type it manually press "Browse...".

Send it to Server: sends the file you specified in "Upload" to the server.

Link to anchor in the text

If you chose Link Type: Link to anchor in the text new option will appear in the Link Info bookmark.

Link anchor.png

You may select the link to the anchor in two ways.

By Anchor Name: selects the anchor by name you have previously specified in anchor properties.

By Element Id: selects the anchor by Id.

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