Chapter 33. Using Hyperlinks and Creating Web Pages

IN THIS CHAPTER

  • Converting and importing hyperlinks

  • Creating hyperlinks

  • Applying hyperlinks

  • Modifying hyperlinks

  • Creating Web pages

  • Converting print pages for the Web

  • Exporting to Web pages

In most respects, a document is a document is a document, but in today's electronic world, documents have evolved to include more than the text and graphics that have comprised documents for centuries. Not only can you print documents the traditional way, but also you can deliver them electronically as files in the Web's HTML format, as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files and e-book files, and as Flash presentations.

This chapter focuses on how to create hyperlinks — pieces of text and images that when clicked via a mouse open a page in a Web browser, Adobe Reader, or Adobe Flash Player, depending on the format of the file and what the hyperlink is specified to open. Hyperlinks are used in all three types of documents, although they were invented for use in Web pages.

Note

Chapter 34 covers the creation of interactive PDF and e-book files, and Chapter 35 covers the creation of Flash files and InDesign CS5's new animation capabilities for Flash files. Chapter 34 also covers the use of buttons, page actions, and media files that can be used for both interactive PDF files and Flash files. Chapter 26 covers a form of hyperlink called a cross-reference that is designed for print document use.

This chapter also explains how to create Web pages in InDesign. ...

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