Working with Hyperlinks

Once you have set up your destinations and hyperlinks, you can use the Hyperlinks palette to navigate through the document. This lets you easily move to specific locations in your InDesign document.

To move to a hyperlink:

1.	Select the hyperlink in the Hyperlinks palette . You can use the Hyperlinks palette to navigate through the document.
2.	Choose Go to Source from the Hyperlinks palette menu. or Click the Go to Source icon in the Hyperlinks palette.

To move to a hyperlink destination:

1.	Select the hyperlink in the Hyperlinks palette.
2.	Choose Go to Destination from the Hyperlinks palette menu. or Click the Go to Destination icon in the Hyperlinks palette. TIP If the destination is a URL, the default Web browser will be launched.

To delete a hyperlink destination:

1.	Select the hyperlink in the Hyperlinks palette.
2.	Choose Delete Hyperlink from the Hyperlinks palette menu. or Click the Delete Hyperlink icon in the Hyperlinks palette.

Automatic Hyperlinks

If it seems too much work to create manual hyperlinks, remember that you automatically create hyperlinks when you use the Table of Contents or Index feature.

The manual hyperlinks are best used for those instances when you need to add just a few links to a document. For example, you might want to add a URL address to a sales brochure or a page link to a small document.

Exporting and Testing Hyperlinks

You must export the InDesign file as a PDF in order to test your hyperlinks (see Chapter 19 "Output,"for how to export as a PDF). Also, you must remember to check the option to include hyperlinks in order to make them active in the PDF.