WORKING WITH NOTES DOCUMENTS

Creating link hotspots
A link hotspot links to another document, view, folder, application, or URL. A link hotspot appears as blue underlined text.

You must be in a rich-text field (a field that allows text, objects, file attachments, and pictures) to create a link hotspot.

Tip: You must be in Read mode to test a hotspot.

To make text a link hotspot

1. Put the document in edit mode.

2. Select the text to act as a link.

3. Click the insert link icon for URL links or for other types of links, Create > Hotspot > Link Hotspot.

4. Use the steps in the table below to create any of these types of links:


Ways to create link hotspots
Type of linkSteps
URL1. For Type select URL from the list.

2. For Value, type the full address, for example www.acme.com.

3. For Frame, specify the location (Center, for example) if the link points to a certain frame.

Anchor, document, view, or application1. Open the item to link to and click Edit > Copy As, and then select a link type.

2. For Value, click the paste button next to the Value field (this pastes the link you copied in step 1 into the Value field).

3. For Frame, specify the location (Center, for example) if the link points to a certain frame.

Named element (jumps to a specific design element in an application)1. For Type select Named Element from the list, and then select the type of element (for example, view or folder).

2. Click the folder button.

3. In the "Locate Object" dialog box, select the application.

4. The name of the final field is based on the named element you chose in step 1. For example, if you chose View, the field would be called View. So you would choose which view the link would point to, for example ($Calendar).

5. Click OK.

6. For Frame, specify the location (Center, for example) if the link points to a certain frame.

5. Close the "Hotspot Resource Link™" dialog box, and then save and close the document that includes the hotspot.

Note: If you don't want specific text to act as a link, enter the URL right in your document. By default, IBMR Lotus NotesR turns URLs into hotspots on your machine. To turn off this feature, click File > Preferences > User Preferences > Basics > Additional Options (Macintosh OS X users: Lotus Notes > Preferences > User Preferences) and remove the check from Make Internet URLs (http://...) into hotspots

Related topics
Editing documents: putting a document in Edit mode
Opening links, buttons, hotspots, and sections
Linking to data
Adding graphics to a document