diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/guide/imagemap.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/guide/imagemap.xhp new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..3aa3669489 --- /dev/null +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/guide/imagemap.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ + + + + + + +Adding Clickable Hotspots to Images +/text/shared/guide/imagemap.xhp + + +Imagemap editor + + + + +ImageMap; editor +editors; ImageMap +images; ImageMap +pictures; ImageMap + +Adding Clickable Hotspots to Images + +An ImageMap allows you to attach URLs to specific areas, called hotspots, on a picture in your document. An image map is a group of one or more hotspots. + +You can draw three types of hotspots: rectangles, ellipses, and polygons. When you click a hotspot, the URL is opened in the browser window or frame that you specify. You can also specify the text that appears when your mouse rests on the hotspot. + +To add a clickable hotspot to an image + + +Position the cursor where you want the ImageMap in your document. + + +Choose Insert - Picture - From File, select and insert a bitmap picture. + + +With the picture selected, choose Edit - ImageMap. You see the ImageMap Editor, which displays the picture at the background. + + +Use the icons in the ImageMap Editor to draw a hotspot shape, for example a rectangle, over the image at the background. +You can see an extended help text on the functions of each icon when you enable Extended Help in Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - General. + + +Enter the "Address" URL that will be shown in a Web browser when the user clicks the hotspot. + + +Optionally, enter the "Text" that will be shown as a tip when the user points the mouse to the hotspot. + + +Click the Apply button to apply your changes, and close the ImageMap Editor. + + +Save the document in the %PRODUCTNAME or HTML format. + + +You may save the ImageMap as a file and upload that file to a Web server, for example. + + + +