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Eddie_at_RHD
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August 5, 2009
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Faux web link

  • August 5, 2009
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OK, there's got to be a way to do this that I am overlooking:

In InDesign CS4, I am making references to genuine Web URLs in the body copy of several stories. The regular body copy is Minion Pro 10/12.

What I'd like advice on is how to make the URLs stand out typographically; in other words, how can I make them the sans serif font, blue and underlined like you would expect to see a link look?

Everything I try just doesn't seem right.

PS: I'd also like these links to be real -- and visible within the body copy -- when I generate the PDF in Acrobat Pro.

Any help appreciated!

Eddie

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    Thomas Phinney
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2009

    Set up a character style to set the formatting you need (font, color, underline). If this needs to print decently you may want to do a dark blue rather than a pure blue.

    Then use InDesign's hyperlink panel (window > interactive > hyperlinks) to make it so the URLs will remain real live web links when you export the PDF. In the Hyperlink options (flyout menu from the panel) you can set it so setting the hyperlink activates your chosen character style. You can also set whether there's a visible border around the hyperlink (which by default there is, but isn't very much like the usual web-style hyperlink).

    Cheers,

    T

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