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 information. You can also add actions to play a sound or movie file.

Clicking a link jumps to another page, document, or website.

Create a link using the Link tool

Choose Tools > Advanced Editing > Link Tool, or select the Link tool on the Advanced Editing toolbar.
The pointer becomes a cross hair (+), and any existing links in the document, including invisible links, are temporarily visible.
Drag a rectangle where you want to create a link. This is the area in which the link is active.
In the Create Link dialog box, choose the options you want for the link appearance.

Select one of the following link actions:

Option	Description
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, 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

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.
Right-click/Control-click the selection, and choose Create Link.
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.

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