Adding text links with actions

You can link the text in a movie to a Web page, file, or any item that has a URL. You can also specify the mouse event that triggers the text link to activate. For example, you can specify that whenever a viewer clicks on a text link, a particular Web page opens. You can have multiple text links in a movie.

To add text links with actions:

1. In the Text tab of the Text Sample Inspector, select the text that you want to link in the text box.
2. Click the Link icon. GoLive underlines the selected text and changes its color to blue.
3. From the Events list, select one of the following mouse events that you want to trigger an action:
• Mouse Down triggers an action when the viewer presses the mouse button down (without releasing it) while the pointer is on top of the text link.
• Mouse Up triggers an action when the viewer releases the mouse button while the pointer is on top of the text link.
• Mouse Click triggers an action when the viewer clicks the text link.
• Mouse Enter triggers an action when the viewer moves the mouse pointer over the text link.
• Mouse Exit triggers an action when the viewer moves the mouse pointer away from the text link.
4. Click the New Item button  to attach an action to the event. A dot symbol ("·") appears to the right of the event to indicate that it is active.
5. From the pop-up menu below the Events and Actions lists, choose an action and then set its properties as necessary below the pop-up menu. For example, if you chose the GoTo URL action to open a Web page, enter the URL you want to link to. For more information on the actions in the pop-up menu, see Using actions to control tracks.
6. Click Apply. You can wire the text link with additional events and actions.
7. To create other text links in the movie, enter the text in the text box and repeat the preceding steps to assign an action to the selected text.