Hyperlinks

URLs in the Word file will be exported automatically as hyperlinks in the XML; for example, the URL http://www.inera.com will produce the following XML:

Note that by default, eXtyles Cleanup will unlink any hyperlinks in the Word document. The URL Validation Advanced Process then relinks any URLs it finds. Regardless of whether URLs are linked in the Word document, they will export with the correct <ext-link> markup in the XML.

One exception to this is text that is displayed different from the hyperlink; for example, the following source document contains the hyperlinked text "South Florida Caribbean Network website and the Natural Resource Publications Management website":

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During document Cleanup this hyperlink will be removed and URL Validation will not add it. For accessibility it is recommended that URLs not be formatted in the text in this way, because a screen reader will generally read the text and not the underlying URL.

However, if text is hyperlinked in this way after document Cleanup, eXtyles XML Export will produce the following <ext-link> markup: