Hypertext Link Properties Dialog Box

Creates a hypertext link at the current cursor location in an article or edits the hypertext link currently selected. To create the link or save changes made to its properties, select the OK button. The OK button is not available if the Link Text or Target field is empty.

This dialog box is displayed when you select the Insert Hypertext Link or Edit Hypertext Link Command (Edit Menu).

NOTE:

For an explanation of hypertext links, see About Hypertext Links in Article Windows.

Link Text

Edit the link's label text which is visible in the article content. If you are creating a link from selected text in your article, that selected text becomes the link text for your link.

Link Type

Specify the type of hypertext link:

•	If File Name is selected, the link is to a disk file.

•	If Folder is selected, the link is to a folder on your computer.

•	If Internet Address is selected, the link is to an Internet address (URL).

•	If Knowbase Article is selected, the link is to another article in the current data file.

•	If No Link is selected, the currently selected link is removed and the Link Text becomes plain text.

Target

Shows the disk file, folder, Internet address, or article title for this hypertext link. For all link types except Knowbase Article, you can type the target directly into this box.

To locate a file or folder on your computer for a File Name or Folder link, use the Browse button.

To select an article title for a Knowbase Article link, use the Browse button.

Links to Relative Files

If you use the Browse button to select the Target for a File Name link, the absolute path and file name is inserted in the Target field. In that case, Personal Knowbase will always look for the file in that exact location.

Alternatively, you can type a file name into the Target field. If no path name is included in a file target, Personal Knowbase uses the folder specified for Attachments from the Files tab of the Preferences Dialog Box (File Menu). For example, if your Attachments folder is c:\attachments, then a file with the Target of my file.txt links to "c:\attachments\my file.txt".

You can also link to files in paths relative to the Attachments folder by entering a partial path in the Target field. For example, if your Attachments folder is c:\attachments, and there is a folder under that called "linked files", then to link to "my file.txt" in that subfolder, the link could be linked files\my file.txt .

This relative linking allows you to move your linked files without losing your links, as long as their relative locations do not change, by simply changing the Attachments folder.