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| Lesson 4: Hyperlinks | |||
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Introduction |
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You can hyperlink text within HyperStudio. Text can be "hyperlinked" to do the following:
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| This lesson will go over how to hyperlink text within a HyperStudio stack. | |||
General Meanings of Hyperlinks:
As defined by Webopedia.com, a hyperlink is defined as an element in an electronic document that links to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document. Typically, you click on the hyperlink to follow the link. Hyperlinks are the most essential ingredient of all hypertext systems, including theWorld Wide Web. |
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You can use a hyperlink to go to a definition of a highlighted word on the card. This could be useful for a lesson or other type of project such as a documentary.
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| A hyperlink could also be used to provide further information on the subject matter on a specific card or at the end of the stack for the overall topic. For example, if you have a stack for the topic, Famous Mississippians, you may have certain words within the stack go to a Web site on that topic. Other resources can be provided at the end of the stack for more information to be viewed or researched when convenient. | |||
View the stack to see how hyperlinks were used: |
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Hyperlink Selected Text |
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To hyperlink text on a card, you need to highlight the text you want link. The hyperlinked text can go to another card in the same stack.
You may want to change the color of the text to indicate that there is a hyperlink associated with this text. Red or blue are common colors used with hyperlinked text. Text that is underlined is also an indication of a hyperlink.Change the text color before you add the hyperink to that text. |
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| If you are going to change the text color and/or style (underline), you need to do that before hyperlinking the text because it is harder to change features like text color or style once the text is hyperlinked. When you click on the word or phrase that has been hyperlinked it will take you directly to the card, stack, or URL source to which the text is linked. So be sure to change the text features such as text color or underlined style before you hyperlink the selected text. | |||
| To change the text color, go to Format on the main menu bar. Go down until you get to "Set Text Color...". |  |
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A dialog box will appear of different colors to choose from. Select a color and click ok. |
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To underline text you must
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| If you to make another word or phrase the same style that already has a check mark beside it, then you will have to go to Format>Style to change the style selected to a different style (plain, bold, italic) in order to change the style. Go BACK to Format>Style and then you will be able to select Underline again. | |||
| Hyperlink Text | |||
First, you need to highlight the text you want to hyperlink and go to Objects>Hypertext Links.
The text does not have to be the specific Internet address that will be hyperlinked. You can use any text and just make sure you put in the URL that will be accessed with you click on this text on the card.
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For instance, you typed Famous Mississippians on the card. You want to provide the Web site so others can read more information about these famous Mississippians. |
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Add Hyperlink Once the text is highlighted, go to Objects>Hypertext Links. |
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| You will notice the highlighted text in the box at the bottom of the Hypertext Links box. |  |
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Click on Add Link. Once you have added the link you need to add some actions to the link... where do you want this word or phrase to go to when clicked on?
The word/phrase will be italicized until you add the actions. |
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| This will bring up the Actions box where you can select Places to Go or Things to Do. |  |
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| Hyperlink Options: | |||
 If you want the selected text to go to an Internet address, click on Go to URL under Things to Do |
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| If you want the selected text to go to another card within the stack, click on Another Card under Places to Go. |
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| If you want the selected text to go to another stack, click on Another Stack under Places to Go. |
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Hyperlink to an Internet address using a URL |
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| 1.To hyperlink to a specified Internet address the "Action" you will take is to "Go to URL". |  |
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| 2. Then you need to click on Add Link. | |
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| 3. The selected link will be italicized until you add the "action". When you click on "Actions", the Actions box will appear so you can select the action. | |
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| 4. The action to take to link the text to an Internet address is to select "Go to URL ". |  |
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| 5. After you click on "Go to URL..." this box will appear so you can add the URL you want to hyperlink the text to. Automatically the URL for the HyperStudio home page. You need to delete this address and paste in the address you want to use. |  |
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If you are adding the exact URL listed on the card in your stack, then you can copy this Internet address before you go to hyperlink it. You can use the keyboard shortcuts-- Ctrl>C to copy and Ctrl>V to paste the URL in the address box.
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| You can always open up a window in your browser and go to the selected URL you want to use. Copy this URL from the brower and then paste it in the URL box to hyperlink the text. The best way to copy/paste the URL when adding the address to the Go to URL box is to click the Ctrl button then the C button. |  |
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| 6. Then click inside the Go to URL box and click Ctrl and then the V button to paste the URL. |  |
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Hyperlink text to another card within the same stack |
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You can also hyperlink your selected text to another card in the same stack. You will follow the same procedure of:
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| 1. When the Actions box appears look under Places to Go and click on Another Card. |  |
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| 2. A box will appear where you can go forwards or backwards in card order to find the card you want to go to. Once you have found the card you want to hyperlink to, click OK. |  |
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| 3. Then you will have to choose the transition that you want to use when the text is clicked on. |  |
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| 4. Choose you transition from the list. Then choose the speed of the transition. You can click "Try It" to see how the transition will look. Finally, click OK when you have made your choices. |  |
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Hyperlink text to another stack |
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You can also hyperlink your selected text to another card in the same stack. You will follow the same procedure of:
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| 1. When the Actions box appears, choose "Go to Another Stack". This will open up a folder where you have other HyperStudio stacks saved. |  |
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| 2. If this is not the folder of stacks you need, browse for other stacks- on your computer, a USB portable drive, or even a CD-ROM. |  |
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3. Once you have selected the stack you want to hyperlink to, click OPEN. Then select a transition. Then click OK.
4. When you get back to the Actions box, click Done. |
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Hyperlink a graphic object |
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You can also hyperlink using a graphic object or a text object. You just have to double-click or right-click on the selected object and go to Actions. Then you can select the same options as you did with hyperlinking text.
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1. Select a graphic you want to hyperlink to, either right-click or double-click on that graphic.
2. Go to Actions. You can check the box for Go to URL under Things to Do.
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| 3. Enter the URL you want to go to> | |
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4. You can use the keyboard shortcuts-- Ctrl>C to copy and Ctrl>V to paste the URL in the address box. You can also type in the address if you know it, but to reduce the risk of typing errors in getting the URL address exactly correct, it is safer to just copy/paste that URL.
5. You can always open up a window in your browser and go to the selected URL you want to use. Copy this URL from the brower and then paste it in the URL box to hyperlink the object by highlighting the URL, holding down the Ctrl button then clicking on the C. To paste, put the cursor in the Go to URL box, holding down the Ctrl button and clicking on the V.
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6. Use Automatic Timer
When you click on the graphic object (or text object) the hyperlink will take you directly to that URL address, unless you set the automatic timer to show that action as soon as the card is shown or after so many seconds...whatever the selected "action" may be.
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| Next, let's practice hyperlinking some text and a graphic object. (The same procedure works with a text object if you go to actions and select Go to URL). |
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by dragging the cursor over the text, then go to Format>Style and click on Underline. Then your selected text is underlined. The selected text style will have a check mark beside it. 
