9 Links: Add Links Between Different Parts of a Book

Links between different parts of a book are also used to facilitate navigation. 

Internal links are used to improve navigation within a book. For example, you can insert a link to a specific chapter or use anchors to link to a specific section in a chapter. These links will work in all digital formats, including the webbook, Digital PDF, and EPUB files.

To insert an internal link:

1. Put your cursor where you want the link to be inserted.
2. Click the link icon from the first row of the visual editor.
3. In the textbox that pops up, search for the name of the chapter you would like to link to.
4. Click the blue arrow that’s labeled “Apply.”
5. The internal link will be inserted with the chapter name as the link text.

Use anchors to link to a specific section

Anchors allow you to link to a specific section of a book. For example, a table, heading, or image.

To set up an anchor:

1. Put your cursor where you want the anchor to be inserted. This is where you want the link to take someone. For example, if you want to link to a specific table, you would put the anchor immediately before the table.
2. Click the anchor icon from the third row of the visual editor. It looks like a ribbon.
3. Create a unique name for the anchor. Note that you can only use this anchor once in your book and it is case sensitive.
   
4. Click “Okay.”

Now you can set up the internal link to this anchor. Follow the steps for setting up an internal link described above. However, instead of searching for the chapter, search for the unique name you created for the anchor.

Adapted from https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/hyperlink-material/