Need help understanding Hyperlinks -- Many ??

[doodler22]

I have an 18 page newsletter with over 30 websites for which I want to create hyperlinks. This doc will be exported as a pdf, so some of the hyperlinks will work without me doing anything. Others are so long that they break at the end of a line. These won't work in Acrobat unless I add them manually as hyperlinks in InDesign. (Or am I not understanding this correctly?)

To add a new hyperlink, is this correct?
-- highlight the url
-- right click
-- choose Interactive>New Hyperlink Destination
-- From drop down menu next to Type, choose URL
>>>> Why does the URL name that I highlighted pop up here? Will this name show up in the Hyperlink palette? Should I make my own name?

What do I do if I have multiple references to the same URL? Do I have to add each one?
InDesign's help wasn't very specific on this. Is there a website that has better instructions that ID's Help?

Or do I use New Hyperlink From URL in the Hyperlink palette? If so, then the complete and very long name of the URL shows up in the palette? Should I rename it? The box shows up around it which I don't want. Is there a way to permanently remove the box or do I have to edit each one?

 

[apepp]

'Interactive > New Hyperlink Destination':
...this option allows you to create URL's that may be used over and over. These appear in the list of Hyperlink Destination Options via the flyout menu of the palette...

I tend to use 'Interactive > New Hyperlink From URL' wherever possible (from the flyout menu of the hyperlinks palette), change the appearance options here to remove the boxes around the link (bottom of dialog), this also adds it to the named list (Hyperlink Destination Options via the flyout menu of the palette) and appears in the hyperlinks palette...

'Interactive > New Hyperlink':
...in this dialog under 'Destination' you have a pull down menu next to 'Name'. If you do an 'Interactive > New Hyperlink Destination' on some text in your document that says 'my webpage' you give it a descriptive name or leave it as the text automatically input. Then you change the URL i.e.

http://www.mywebpage.com.

This will now be accessible on the Hyperlink Destination dialog box and also in the Hyperlink Destination Options via the flyout menu of the palette...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...to use URL's that are used over and over, you need to set one up and then link it to one that appears under the pull down menu next to 'Name' in the Interactive > New Hyperlink dialog...

...using the New Hyperlink From URL, you can change the name if you want, but if it is a really long URL I would select the URL in your document, copy it and then create a 'New Hyperlink Destination', give it a short name then create a hyperlink and select the name you just created in the down menu next to 'Name'...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...as you mentioned, if it is a full http:// URL then you don't need to create hyperlinks for these unless you wish to map them to random words...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

>>> Others are so long that they break at the end of a line. These won't work in Acrobat unless I add them manually as hyperlinks in InDesign. (Or am I not understanding this correctly?) <<<

...better to keep them on one line, if not then map all the lines to one URL...

...breaking URLS will work but only based on what the first line of the URL is holding, so probably won't work as expected...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

Hyperlink destinations do not appear in the Hyperlinks palette; they appear in the Destination section of the New Hyperlink dialog box, under 'Name' (a pull down menu).

To edit or delete a destination
Choose Hyperlink Destination Options in the Hyperlinks palette flyout menu.
For Destination, select the name of the destination you want to edit.
Do one of the following:
Click Edit, and then make changes to the destination as necessary.
Click Delete to remove the destination.
When you are finished editing or deleting destinations, click OK.

...this updates all hyperlinks that use this named destination.

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...think of hyperlink destinations as 'master styles' that can be used over and over again, selectable via that 'Name' drop down menu in the hyperlinks dialog, and editable (via Hyperlink Destination Options from the flyout menu of the hyperlinks palette)...

Andrew

 

[doodler22]

Once again, you are a wealth of knowledge! Thanks again for this info. I'm going to try it out this afternoon.

The newsletter that I layout is 2 column and many of the urls are so long they wrap onto the next line -- I guess 'break' wasn't the correct term. As long as I highlight the entire url, I don't seem to have a problem.

With email addresses, do I need anything other than-- mailto: someone@something.com

Will this work in anything other than Outlook?

 

[apepp]

...yes, I am yet to find mail program that doesn't support this:

mailto:someone@somebody.com

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...to add subject line automatically:

mailto:someone@somebody.com?subject=some custom text

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...to CC somebody automatically:

mailto:someone@somebody.com?cc=another@another.com

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...to blind copy somebody automatically:

mailto:someone@somebody.com?bcc=another@another.com

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...to add text to actual body message automatically:

mailto:someone@somebody.com?body=I am having trouble finding information on

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...to add multi line text to actual body message automatically:

mailto:someone@somebody.com?body=TYPE FIRST PARAGRAPH.%0A%0TYPE SECOND PARAGRAPH.%0A%0ATYPE THIRD PARAGRAPH.

NOTE: Use "%0A" for a new line, use "%0A%0A" for a new line preceded by a blank line.

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...to use Subject, a Recipient, a Copy and a Blind Copy automatically:

mailto:someone@somebody.com?subject=some custom text&cc=another@another.com&bcc=jbloggs@jbloggs.com

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Andrew

 

[apepp]

...sorry, correction, I missed a letter 'A':

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...to add multi line text to actual body message automatically:

mailto:someone@somebody.com?body=TYPE FIRST PARAGRAPH.%0A%0ATYPE SECOND PARAGRAPH.%0A%0ATYPE THIRD PARAGRAPH.

NOTE: Use "%0A" for a new line, use "%0A%0A" for a new line preceded by a blank line.

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Andrew