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Insert hyperlink has no target frame

Anonymous
2011-09-10T21:06:52+00:00

In Word 2010 I can insert a hyperlink and set the Target Frame so the web page opens in a new window. If I insert a hyperlink in Publisher 2010 there is no target frame button. How can I achieve this? I tried creating a Word doc with the required hyperlink then inserting that file into a Publisher text box but it just copies the text with no hyperlink attributes.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-09-10T22:44:24+00:00

    Refrence: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011587451033.aspx

    This describes two methods, both of which require the ability to insert code fragments. If you are editing a web publication created in a previous version of Publisher then you will have the HTML code fragment feature under the Web tab. If you creating a new publication in Publisher 2010, you won't have a web tab and you won't be able to insert the code. Another casualty of MS deprecating the web building capability of Publisher: Reference: Web functionality Pub 2010:

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher-help/web-functionality-HA101877287.aspx

    DavidF

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-09-11T00:53:40+00:00

    Geoffrey,

    Yeah, I thought about that and if the OP is intending to ultimately convert the page to html, then manual editing of the page would work. However, if the user is intending to convert to a pdf, while the hyperlink will survive, it is not possible to do the same edit in a pdf.

    Thanks for pointing this out as I had considered it but decided that since the article described how to edit the html code the OP could probably figure out the rest. I think I assumed that without the ease of a "target frame button" like Word, they would not be interested in manually editing the code.

    This is yet another place that MS shortchanged Publisher. If they took the time to add a "target frame button" to Word, then there was really no excuse for not doing it with Publisher.

    DavidF

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-10T23:59:13+00:00

    David,

    Just a thought.

    Would it be possible to simply

    • create the link (or links) normally, without target specification,
    • publish the webpage locally,
    • launch it on the local browser,
    • then do >Page >Edit with Notepad,
    • locate the link (or links) in the Notepad document,
    • and edit it to add the target frame

    i.e.: <a href="http://full-path-URL" target="_blank"></a>

    • then >Save the edited Notepad document.

    I know it's tedious, but would it work?

    Geoffrey

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