Adding Anchor Links

Working with anchors

Anchors allow you to create links to certain parts of a text. You can then use these links to navigate users to different sections of a page, for example, to different headers. Once a user clicks a link pointing to an anchor, the page scrolls to where you placed the anchor. You can place anchors anywhere in a text area.

Placing anchors

You can insert an anchor anywhere in a text area.

1. With your mouse, click where you want to place the anchor.
2. In the editor toolbar, click on the Anchor button. An anchor properties dialog appears.
3. Fill in the Anchor Name.
4. Click on OK. The system places the anchor in the text.
5. Save the text you are editing. You can now link to the anchor as described below.

Linking to anchors

1. Mark the text that you want to use as a link to the anchor that you created.

2. In the editor toolbar, click on the Insert/Edit link button. An Insert link dialog opens.

3. Switch to the Anchor tab.
4. In the Link to existing anchor with name, choose the anchor that you created previously. If you are creating a link to an anchor that doesn't yet exist, you can type it's name in the Link to the following anchor field.

1. Click Save & Close. The system creates the link to the anchor that you specified on the page.
2. Save the text you are editing.

Now, when a user clicks on the link on the page, the page scrolls to the anchor.

Linking to Anchor Links with Generic Sidebar Components

You can link directly to anchor links with generic sidebar components for promoting materials that exist further down the page.

1. Copy the link to your anchor (e.g. /Generic/Careers#AutomotiveSolutions)
2. Create your Generic Sidebar Component (Documentation on Creating Sidebar Components)
   1. Paste your link in the Manual Reference textbox
   2. 
   3. Click Save