Create an External Hyperlink

While authoring submission content, you can create document permalinks within the source document that navigate users to other content within Vault.

To create an external hyperlink:

  1. Open the document where you want to add the hyperlink. To open the document right from the Content Plan, click the open in pop-up icon.

    Screenshot step 1

  2. Select the View/Hide Annotations icon to enter annotation mode.

    Screenshot step 2

  3. Select the Permalink Link tool.

    Screenshot step 3

  4. Select the portion of the document you want to link.

    • Image-based link - Use your cursor to draw a box around the image.

    • Text-based link - Select the specific text you want to link.

  5. Find the target document and do one of the following:

    • To link to the top of the first page of the document, click the + icon to the right of the document name.

    • To link to a specific place within the document, click Select or create permalink in this document.

    Screenshot steps 4 and 5

  6. If linking to a specific place within a document, navigate to the place in the document you want to link to and click the + icon.

    Screenshot step 6

  7. Close the target dialog.

  8. Back in the original document, you can see the specific link in the annotation.

  9. Click the View/Hide Annotations icon to close out of annotation mode.

    Screenshot steps 7 8 and 9

  10. Click the View/Hide Links icon to show or hide the hyperlinks created in this document. Hover your mouse over a hyperlink to see the target bookmark.

  11. Click the target bookmark link to open the linked target and the specific bookmark destination.

Screenshot steps 10 and 11