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 apear:

Image:Anchor_popup.png

Anchor Name: specifies the anchor name. You will be refering 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 adress, 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 apear.

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 adress 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 apear. You may choose from "<frame>", "New Window" ( _blank ), "Topmost Window" ( _top ),

Same Window ( _self ), Parent Window ( _parent). You may also choose the <popup window> option. After clicking it you will find that the options in the bookmark have changed: