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Linking to a specific place within a document

You can use the Property inspector to link to a particular section of a document by first creating named anchors. Named anchors let you set markers in a document and are often placed at a specific topic or at the top of a document. You can then create links to these named anchors, which quickly take your visitor to the specified position.

Creating a link to a named anchor is a two-step process. First, create a named anchor, then create a link to the named anchor.

To create a named anchor:

1	In the Document window's Design view, place the insertion point where you want the named anchor.
2	Do one of the following:
	Choose Insert > Invisible Tags > Named Anchor.
	Press Control+Alt+A (Windows) or Command+Option+A (Macintosh).
	In the Invisibles category of the Objects panel, click the Named Anchor button.
3	In the Anchor Name field of the Insert Named Anchor dialog box, type a name for the anchor.
	If an anchor marker doesn't appear at the insertion point location, choose View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements.

Note: Anchor names cannot contain spaces and should not be placed inside a layer.

To link to a named anchor:

1	In the Document window's Design view, select text or an image to create a link from.
2	In the Link field of the Property inspector, type a number sign (#) and the name of the anchor. For example:
	To link to an anchor named "top" in the current document, type #top.
	To link to an anchor named "top" in a different document in the same folder, type filename.html#top.

Note: Anchor names are case sensitive.

To link to a named anchor using the point-to-file method:

1	Open the document containing the named anchor you want.
2	Choose View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements to make the anchor visible.
3	In the Document window's Design view, select text or an image you want to link from. (If this is another open document, you must switch to it.)
4	Do one of the following:
	Click the Point-to-File icon to the right of the Link field in the Property inspector and drag it to the anchor you want to link to: either an anchor within the same document or an anchor in another open document.
	Shift-drag in the Document window from the selected text or image to the anchor you want to link to: either an anchor within the same document or an anchor in another open document.