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Linking Within a Page

Sometimes it's convenient to enable users to jump from the top of a long page to a specific point lower in the page, without scrolling down to find it. Anchors often appear in bulleted lists or an alphabetical "A to Z" listing across the top of a page.

Creating anchors is a two-step process.

Define the Anchor (destination)

  1. Click Pages from the Content Types Menu in the left sidebar.
  2. Edit the page you'd like to add an image to.
  3. Select the destination for the jump by placing your cursor to the left of the text you want to jump to.
  4. With your cursor in place, define the bookmark by clicking the Anchor button in the toolbar. A window will open asking you to name the anchor.
  5. Enter a descriptive name for the anchor. The name should begin with a letter (a-z).
  6. Click OK.

Create the Link

  1. Select (highlight) the text that you would like to appear as the link.
  2. Click the Link button in the toolbar (icon looks like a little chain link). The Create a Link window will open.
  3. From the "existing item" tab, click the drop down under "Anchor" and select the anchor you want to link to.  (See image.)
  4. Click OK. The link window will close, and the text you highlighted earlier will be a link
  5. Repeat this process for any other anchors, then Save and Finish editing.