24 Linking Material

There are several ways that you can create a link between text, images or other resources:

  1. Within a chapter
  2. Between chapters
  3. From a chapter to a website or source outside of Pressbooks

Let’s begin with the simplest method first: linking text from Pressbooks to an external source.

How to link text from Pressbooks to an external source

Begin by identifying the text you want to link and

  • Highlight the text
  • Click on the “link” icon in the tool bar

link-external-r

When the link icon opens,

  • Add the URL for the external source you want to link your text to
  • Click on the Add Link button.
  • Be sure to save (Update) this page.

Note: be sure that your URL includes http:// at the beginning of the address. If the address you’re copying into the URL field already includes http://, make sure the final address does not have two http://‘s.

Add External Link - 2

To check your link,

  • Click on the Preview  button (in the right-hand side Publish box) or

Preview External Link

  • And click on the link as it appears in Book view (what readers will see).

Preview External Link

How to link text within a chapter

To link text to other text or even an image within a chapter, you begin by adding an anchor.

  • First, place your cursor by the text or image to which you want to link
  • Then click on the anchor icon (in the third line of the tool bar).

Link within a chapter

  • Enter a word to describe your anchor (e.g., punctuation) in the Name field that appears and click the OK button.

Create anchor name

  • This action will produce an anchor.

Anchor Location

Finally make the link to the anchor:

  • Highlight the text that you want to link to the anchor
  • Click on the “link” icon in the tool bar

Chapter link

When the “Insert/edit link” icon opens,

  • Add # (pound sign) and the word you used to describe your anchor (e.g., #punctuation)
  • Click on the Add Link button.
  • Be sure to save (Update) the page.

How to link text between chapters within the same book in Pressbooks

Follow the same steps as for linking text within a chapter, except 

  • The anchor and linked text will be in different chapters. Set these up as you would when linking text within a chapter.
  • You must identify the URL for the chapter that contains the anchor.
  • You must enter both the URL of the chapter additional information when the “Insert/edit link”  icon opens.

Identify the URL for the chapter that contains the anchor

  • Go to the chapter that contains the anchor
  • Click View Chapter link at the top of the page

Link between chapters

  • Copy the URL for the chapter

Chapter Link

Next highlight the text that you want to link to the anchor

  • Click on the link icon in the tool bar

When the “Insert/edit link”  icon opens,

  • Add the URL for the chapter with the anchor with http:// (e.g., http://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/authorsguide/chapter/what-are-open-textbooks/)
  • After the forward slash (/), add # (pound sign) and the word you used to describe your anchor (e.g., #punctuation)
  • With chapter URL and anchor word, the final URL would be, in this example:
    • http://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/authorsguide/chapter/what-are-open-textbooks/#punctuation
  • Click on the Add Link button.
  • Be sure to save (Update) this page.
This chapter is an adaptation of “Linking Materials” from the BC Open Textbook Authoring Guide by Lauri Aesoph and Amanda Coolidge. Images have been modified.

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