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Working with frames pages
 

You can specify which page first appears in a Web frame (frames: The named subwindow of a frames page. The frame appears in a Web browser as one of a number of window regions in which pages can be displayed. The frame can be scrollable and resizable, and it can have a border.), which frame a hyperlink (hyperlink: Colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file, a Web page on the World Wide Web, or a Web page on an intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet, and FTP sites.) opens in, and the default frame for hyperlinks in a frames page (frames page: A Web page that divides a Web browser window into different scrollable areas that can independently display several Web pages. One window can remain unchanged, while the other windows change based on hyperlinks that the user selects.).

ShowSpecify the initial Web page a frame displays

  1. Click in the frame you want to set the initial page for.
  2. On the Format menu, point to Frames, click Frame Properties, and then click the Frame tab.
  3. In the Initial page box, type the path of the Web document, Web site, or other document the frame will display when it's opened, or click Browse.
  4. To create a dynamic link to the page, select the Link to file check box.

    Any changes to that page will automatically be reflected in the Web frame when the frames page is opened.

  5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each frame in the frames page.

ShowCreate hyperlinks between frames

  1. Select the text or picture you want to display as the hyperlink.
  2. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click Insert Hyperlink Button image.
  3. Do one of the following:

    ShowLink to an existing file or Web page

    1. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.

    2. In the Address box, type the address you want to link to or, in the Look in box, click the down arrow, and navigate to and select the file.

    ShowLink to a file you haven't created yet

    1. Under Link to, click Create New Document.

    2. In the Name of new document box, type the name of the new file.
    3. Under When to edit, click either Edit the new document later or Edit the new document now.

    ShowLink to a specific location in another document or Web page

    1. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
    2. In the Look in box, click the down arrow, and navigate to and select the file that you want to link to.
    3. Click Bookmark, select the bookmark you want, and click OK.

    ShowTip

    From Word documents, you can create links to specific locations in files that are saved in Microsoft Excel (.xls) or PowerPoint (.ppt) format. To link to a specific location in an Excel workbook, create a defined name in the workbook, and then at the end of the file name in the hyperlink, type # (number sign) followed by the defined name. To link to a specific slide in a PowerPoint presentation, type # followed by the slide number after the file name.

    ShowLink to a location in the current document or Web page

    1. Under Link to, click Place in This Document.
    2. In the list, select the heading or bookmark you want to link to.
  4. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click Target Frame.
  5. In the Set Target Frame dialog box, under Current frames page, click the frame in the diagram where you want the destination of the hyperlink to appear.

Notes

You can also set the target frame by clicking the down arrow in the Select the frame where you want the document to appear box.

In addition to specifying a frame that you name, you can also specify a hyperlink to open a page in the same frame, in the "parent" frames page, or in a new window.

To assign a ScreenTip (ScreenTips: Notes that appear on the screen to provide information about a toolbar button, tracked change, or comment, or to display a footnote or endnote. ScreenTips also display the text that will appear if you choose to insert a date or AutoText entry.) to display when you rest the mouse over the hyperlink in the source file, click ScreenTip and then type the text you want. Word uses the path to the file, including the bookmark name, as the tip if you do not specify one.

ShowSet the default target frame for all hyperlinks in a frames page

  1. Create or open a frames page that you want to set the default for.
  2. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click Insert Hyperlink Button image.
  3. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click Target Frame.
  4. In the Set Target Frame dialog box, under Current frames page, click the frame in the diagram where you want the destination of the hyperlink to appear.

    Note  You can also set the target frame by clicking the down arrow in the Select the frame where you want the document to appear box.

  5. Select the Set as default for all hyperlinks check box.
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