Adobe 62000112DM User Guide - Page 338

ADOBE ACROBAT 3D VERSION 8 331 User Guide Links and attachments Create a link Links let you jump to other locations in the same document, to other electronic documents including attachments, or to websites. You can use links to initiate actions or to ensure that your reader has immediate access to related infor­ mation. You can also add actions to play a sound or movie file. Clicking a link jumps to another page, document, or website. See also "Destinations" on page 333 Create a link using the Link tool 1 Choose Tools > Advanced Editing > Link Tool, or select the Link tool in the Advanced Editing toolbar. The pointer becomes a cross hair (+), and any existing links in the document, including invisible links, are tempo­ rarily visible. 2 Drag a rectangle where you want to create a link. This is the area in which the link is active. 3 In the Create Link dialog box, choose the options you want for the link appearance. 4 Select one of the following link actions: Go To A Page View Click Next to set the page number and view magnification you want in the current document or in another document (such as a file attachment), and then click Set Link. Open A File Select the destination file and click Select. If the file is a PDF, specify how the document should open (for example in a new window or within an existing window), and then click OK. Note: If the filename is too long to fit in the text box, the middle of the name is truncated. Open A Web Page Provide the URL of the destination web page. Custom Link Click Next to open the Link Properties dialog box. In this dialog box, you can set any action, such as reading an article, or executing a menu command, to be associated with the link. Create a link using the Select tool or Snapshot tool 1 Using the Select tool or the Snapshot tool (Tools > Select & Zoom), drag to select the text or image from which you want to create a link. 2 Right-click/Control-click the selection, and choose Create Link. 3 Select the options you want in the Create Link dialog box. Note: The Custom Link option is not available for links created from selected text.