Creating and Editing Hyperlinks

A hyperlink usually leads from one Web page to another. In addition, clicking a hyperlink may display an image, run a multimedia file, send an e-mail or launch an application.

ABBYY FineReader 8.0 can recognize hyperlinks to:

• files, e.g. file://D:\MyDocuments\FineReaderGuide.pdf;

• file-transfer protocol (FTP), e.g. ftp://;

• Web sites, e.g. http://www.abbyy.com;

• e-mail addresses, e.g. mailto:office@abbyy.com.

ABBYY FineReader will recognize the text of a hyperlink and recreate its destination address in the output document. Recognized hyperlinks are displayed in blue and underlined.
Note: You can change the color of a hyperlink on the Save tab in the Options dialog.

When viewing the recognized document in the Text window, rest the mouse cursor on a hyperlink to view its address. To follow a hyperlink, hold down the CTRL button and click the hyperlink.

ABBYY FineReader editor allows you to:

• Change the text and address of a recognized hyperlink,

• Insert a hyperlink into a document,

• Delete a hyperlink from a  document.

To change the text and address of a hyperlink:

1. Select the text of the hyperlink.
2. Click the button on the toolbar of the Text window;
3. In the Edit Hyperlink dialog that opens, type a new text in the Hyperlink text field;
4. In the same dialog, specify the type of address in the Link to group:

• Select Web page to link to an Internet page. In the Address field, specify the protocol and the URL of the page (e.g. http://www.abbyy.com);

• Select File to link to a file. Selecting this option opens the Open dialog where you need to provide the name of the file to which the hyperlink will lead;

• Select E-mail so that the user can send an e-mail message to the address in the hyperlink. In the Address field, specify the protocol and the e-mail address (e.g. mailto:office@abbyy.com).

To insert a hyperlink:

1. In the document, select the text you wish to use for the hyperlink.
   If no text is selected, the address of the hyperlink will be displayed in the document;
2. Click the button on the toolbar of the Text window;
3. In the Edit Hyperlink dialog that opens, type a new text in the Hyperlink text field;
4. In the same dialog, specify the type of address in the Link to group:

• Select Web page to link to an Internet page. In the Address field, specify the protocol and the URL of the page (e.g. http://www.abbyy.com);

• Select File to link to a file. Selecting this option opens the Open dialog where you need to provide the name of the file to which the hyperlink will lead;

• Select E-mail so that the user can send an e-mail message to the address in the hyperlink. In the Address field, specify the protocol and the e-mail address (e.g. mailto:office@abbyy.com).

To delete a hyperlink:

In the Text window, right-click the hyperlink you wish to delete and select Remove Hyperlink in the local menu.