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Setting up A Named Anchor
A
named anchor (also called "bookmark" or "target") is just
like a hyperlink -- but instead of sending people to another Web page,
you are sending them to another location on your page. It's a
fast way to move people around, e.g., to return to the top or to send
them quickly to another location on your page. See examples of
anchors here: http://custom.atomiclearning.com/myhtmldocs/bbierden/webcreate/.
First,
you need to set up the named anchor -- the place you want to send people
to.
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Put your cursor in the location where you want the
named anchor -- the place you want to send people to (e.g.,
the top of the page).
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Go to the pull-down "insert" menu and
click "named anchor."
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You will get a small dialogue box asking you to name
the anchor. Type in something simple, limited to one word only
(e.g.: top).
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Click "OK" and the dialogue box will
close.
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You should now see a colored symbol with a picture
of an anchor at the place where you put the named anchor. This will
appear only on your authoring page, not on the page when seen in a
browser.
Second, set up
the hyperlink
that people will click to go to the named anchor.
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Type the text that will be the active link (e.g.:
return to the top). (Be sure to type your text in the appropriate
place -- e.g., at the bottom of the page.)
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With your mouse, highlight the text you just typed.
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Click the "link" button.
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You will get the same dialogue box you got for a
regular link.
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Click the down arrow on the right. The named anchor
you created in step one will be listed. Click once on it so it is
highlighted.
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Click "OK."
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The text (e.g., return to the top) is now
highlighted as a link to this named anchor (e.g., top).
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