Create Button Hyperlink Tutorial
HyperStudio
Objective: To create a hyperlink for a button

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Introduction: HyperStudio makes it easy for educators and students to create hyperlinks for buttons, icons, and graphics used on "cards" through the use of the "Action" window. By "clicking" on the hyperlinked buttons or graphics, users can be immediately linked to web pages on the World-Wide-Web.

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Skill Practice: Create a Hyperlink For a Button

Step 1: Open . Create a new "stack", and begin the first card of the new stack.

Step 2: On the menu bar at the top of the screen, go to Objects > Add a Button. The "Button Appearance" menu will appear on screen.



Step 3: Using the Button Appearance menu, choose the shape, color, screen position, and name for your new button. Click on to format the button's text. Click on to use an icon with your button, or to use an icon as a button. When finished, click on . The new button will appear on your card, with the outside edge highlighted in red .

Step 4: Using the cursor, "click-and-drag" the button to where you want it situated on the card. When finished, release the mouse button, move your cursor off the button, and left-click the mouse button anywhere on screen. Your new button will now have a solid outside border (no longer in red) and be a permanent fixture on your card. In addition, the Actions window will now appear on screen.

Step 5: Using the Actions window, choose the "Go To URL" option under the "Things To Do" list. When finished, click on .



The Go To URL window will appear on screen. Type in the URL for the web page you want linked to the button. When finished, click on .



Step 6: Your button will now appear on your card. "Click" on the button to test the hyperlink. Your "default" web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape) should open and direct you to the desired web site. Follow the same steps to create buttons and hyperlinks for other cards in your stack.