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URL Tag

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  1. Examples
  2. Using this Feature
    1. Inserting a URL Link to display Within the Section and PDF Document
  3. Technical Support Information

TagsSpecsIntact relies on tags to control content, and formatting, automate processes, and generate reports. These special markers, like <SEC> and </SEC>, define elements and attributes within the specifications. Some tags, like <Page />, function independently. In essence, tags are the building blocks of SpecsIntact documents: <URL>  </URL>
Description:

This tag is used to identify Uniform Resource Locator otherwise known as Hyperlinks.  The text between the tags hyperlink to a website or to any type of file on an accessible drive or network.  Hyperlinks will be underlined and appear in dark yellow when viewing colors.
Source:

Illustration SI Editor's Tagsbar URL buttonTagsbar button and menu Insert > Tags or F4
Rules:

None

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To NoteDouble-clicking a hyperlink will open the default viewer for the type of document specified, or the default browser with be launched if the link is to a website.  There are two methods used to display hyperlinks:

  1. Include the document path or web page URL as visible text between the URL tags
  2. Select or type descriptive text to act as the hyperlink without showing the document path or web page URL in the SectionA set of files within the Division of a Master or Job that covers specific aspects of construction (when tags are hidden)

Illustration Icon Indicating CautionWhen publishing to PDF you must use the first method above to produce an active hyperlink.

Illustration Icon Indicating Examples ProvidedExamples

With Tags visible, a URL looks as follows:

Illustration of URL with tags visible

With Tags hidden, a URL looks as follows:

Illustration of URL with tags hidden

Illustration Icon Indicating How To StepsUsing this Feature

Inserting a URL Link to display Within the Section and PDF Document

  1. Within the SI Editor, type the Document or URL Path

  2. Highlight the path and select the Tagsbar URL button

  3. When the Specify Hyperlink window opens, delete the visible URL Path

  4. Select OK

Illustration Icon Indicating Helpful HintWhen you leave the URL path in the 'Specify Hyperlink' window, the full URL path will be embedded within the URL tag as well as the visible text.   When the tags are hidden or the Section is Published to PDF, the visible text is all that will appear.

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