Adding a hyperlink to a slide layer
Jun 05, 2014
By
Nicole Rybar
I am trying to add a hyperlink to a word in a slide layer. I completed the usual steps: highlight the word, right click - hyperlink, link text, jump to url, add my web address, and click ok. I know clicking on the url isn't a task a user can complete in the "preview" setting, but it always allows me to at least click on the url and receive a message stating "this feature is not available in preview mode". When trying to add a hyperlink to one of my slide layers, the slide won't even give me the option to click on the hyperlink. Even when I publish the slides, I am still unable to click on the hyperlink. Any ideas as to why my hyperlink is not working on a slide layer?
4 Replies
Hi Nicole,
I tested this on my own files, and was able to add a hyperlink to a slide's layer - and see the message in preview. Are you able to share your .story file with me (or even one slide with the layers) so that I can take a look at the set up? Also in the meantime, please feel free to check out the tutorial here on adding hyperlinks.
Thanks for your quick response, Ashley. I have attached my Storyline file so you can take a look at it. The slides I am having trouble with are slide 1.6 - layer 3 "JHM Key Elements" and slide 1.14 - layer 1 "Compliance Contacts". I watched the tutorial, but still no luck. Any information you can provide me with will be helpful. Thanks.
Hi Nicole,
Thanks for sharing your file. The reason the hyperlinks aren't working is you can't add hyperlinks to text that is animated by paragraph as described here. You'll need to remove the animation to allow the hyperlinks to work as expected.
Ah! Thank you very much!!!
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