DESCRIPTION Hyperlinks are the means by which you move from one web page to another, and more than anything else, mark the web page out as different from any other document. ew Page 1TUTORIAL TAKEN FROM COURSE : MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 2000 INTRODUCTION

FULL COURSE DETAILS This training course aims to give you the skills you need to build basic pages both for your company intranet and the internet using Microsoft's FrontPage 2000. Readers will learn how to create and format content plus how to add links, graphics and simple controls.Hyperlinks are embedded directly in text or pictures on a page, and they give textual or

Examples of text hyperlinks

Web browsers usually underline text hyperlinks and display them in a specific colour. Hyperlinks in pictures are invisible. However, users can tell when the pointer is over a hyperlink because it changes appearance, usually to a pointing hand.

Creating Text Hyperlinks Most of your hyperlinks will probably be made up of words.

To create a text hyperlink pointing to existing page in current web

The simplest use of a hyperlink is to take your visitor to the top of another page in your web.

• In Page view, select text that will identify the hyperlink
• On the Standard toolbar, click Insert Hyperlink

OR

• From the Insert menu select Hyperlink... (SpeedKey: Ctrl+K)

The Create Hyperlink dialogue box is displayed.

• Click a file to make it the target of the hyperlink (To browse the contents of a folder, double-click it)
• Click OK

The hyperlink is set up. The text you used as the hyperlink is now highlighted and underlined with the default link colour.

Note: FrontPage adds the HTML tags <a href="hyperlinktarget"> </a > around the hyperlink text.

To create a text hyperlink pointing to the world wide web

• Log onto your ISP and set up your connection to the internet
• In Page view, select text that will identify the hyperlink
• On the Standard toolbar, click Insert Hyperlink

OR

• From the Insert menu select Hyperlink... (SpeedKey: Ctrl+K)
• In the Create Hyperlink dialogue box, click the World Wide Web button

Your web browser is displayed.

• In your web browser, go to the page or file that you want to be the target of your hyperlink
• Without closing the browser, press Alt+Tab to return to FrontPage

The location of the page you visited will be in the URL field.

• Click OK

The hyperlink is created.