Lab_10_Hyperlinking

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How to add Hyperlink Prof. Dr. Sajid Rashid Ahmad [email protected] Atiqa Ijaz Khan _ Demonstrator [email protected]

Transcript of Lab_10_Hyperlinking

How to add Hyperlink

Prof. Dr. Sajid Rashid Ahmad

[email protected]

Atiqa Ijaz Khan _ Demonstrator

[email protected]

Defining Hyperlink Using Field Base

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Step by Step Procedure

• After adding data to arc map go to > Open attribute table > Options > Add Field

• With the name: Hyperlinks, having Text type with Length of 250 or as required.

• Fill that field with the paths / url, as per required.

• Go to Layer properties > Display > Check the Hyperlink option to activate.

• Select the Hyperlink tool from Tool bar.

• The Hyperlinked areas from the feature will be highlighted in Dark Blue outline(Default).

• It can be changed.

• Click on the feature to open with the native program.

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1. Links should be added with the Proper

Path and Extension to access.

2. Otherwise, it’ll add the links but does not

open them on clicking by Hyperlink tool.

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Check the Option of Hyperlink

to activate it.

Under the TOC, select Layer

Properties > Display

1. Check this box

2. Select the appropriate type

3. Apply and OK

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On selecting

the Hyperlink

tool, the

hyperlinked

areas will be

highlighted in

Dark Blue

Outline.

Otherwise, it’ll

be shown as in

normal outlook.

Hyperlink Tool

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Showing the Hyperlinked path, just by moving the

Hyperlink tool over the feature class.

It is the same as we added to the Hyperlinked

field of Attribute data.

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Following image is generated by just clicking the

Hyperlink tool on the feature class.

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To change the color of Hyperlinked highlighted

area:

Go to Arc Map Options > General

Defining Hyperlink Using Dynamic Base

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Step by Step Procedure

• Select the Identify tool from the Tools.

• By holding that, select the feature one wants to add the dynamic hyperlinks.

• On clicking, the feature will be highlighted in Filled-Dark Green color. (Default)

• It will open an Identify pop-up window.

• Listing the properties of top-most layer.

• It can also show other layers from drop down menu of “Identify From:”

• One can add as many links as required.

• For more than two links, either document or web pages, it’ll give the option toJump to any of the listed links.

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Identify Tool

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13Select ay required layer from drop

down menu of

“Identify from:”

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On right clicking, Select > Add Hyperlink

Or

Select > Manage Hyperlinks

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On Adding URL

Click open in default browser

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Addling link to a document in the

same feature, already linked with the

web page

On clicking with Hyperlink tool, it will

give the option to Select/Jump

Manage the list of hyperlinks from

Manage Dynamic Hyperlinks window

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