Creating Hot Spots in FM Graphics (was Hypertext markers in FM)

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:01 PM 3/29/99 -0800, dgaskill@ES.com wrote:
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> 2.  Create the hotspot.
> On top of the graphic, draw a text frame over the area you want
> to be a the "Hotspot".  You have to use a text frame, you cannot put a
> hypertext link on free text.
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There's a more effective way to put numerous hot spots into an FM graphic by
using a table to create a matrix of possible hot spots that overlay the graphic:

1. Overlay the graphic with a text frame.

2. In this text frame insert a table having many narrow columns (about
1/4"), and many rows so that the table covers all parts of the graphic where
you want to insert hot spots (in the Table Designer, turn off all ruling,
and set the cell margins and space above/below to 0).

This text frame and its table can even be pre-defined on a reference page.
To use it, you just copy the text frame from the reference page to the
clipboard, and paste it into the anchored frame containing a graphic in
which you want to create hot spots. You can then adjust the width/height of
the table to fit the graphic by adding or deleting columns and rows in the table

3. Now, at the location of each hot spot, you can customize the width/height
of the hot spot table cell, using vertical and horizontal table straddles.
You can even rotate the hot spot table cell to produce vertical text.

4. After step 3, do one of the following:

        a. Enter into the hot spot table cell the text (e.g., a callout) and
insert a hypertext marker, OR

        b. Insert a cross-reference, OR

        c. If there is no text or cross-reference associated with the hot
spot, you can set up a paragraph format whose autonumbering specifies a Zapf
Dingbat or Wingdings symbol (e.g., solid square or circle) to indicate that
it is a hypertext anchor, and then insert the hypertext marker in the
otherwise empty paragraph. There may be a problem with this method if you
deliver PDF, because Acrobat seems to require a minimum width for the anchor
text before the hypertext link becomes active.

Usually the text, cross-reference, or Zapf Dingbat/Wingdings symbol should
be some color that the reader understands to represent a hypertext anchor.

5. Notice also that, by overlaying an imported graphic with such a table
cell matrix, you can even customize the graphic by inserting other graphic
elements or callout text in the table cells.  
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