Creating an image map

To create an image map, select a picture box and then draw one or more hot areas on the picture box. To draw hot areas on the active picture box:

  1. Select an Image Map tool from the Web Tools palette. You can choose from the Rectangle Image Map tool, the Oval Image Map tool, and the Bézier Image Map tool.
    QuarkXpress tool image map Creating an image map

    The Rectangle Image Map tool, the Oval Image Map tool, and the Bezier Image Map tool

  2. If you are using the Rectangle Image Map tool or the Oval Image Map tool, drag the Crosshair pointer, beginning inside the picture box.
  3. If you are using the Bézier Image Map tool, click (or click and drag) to position the points of the polygon. Make sure the first click is inside the picture box. When you are finished drawing, double-click to close the outline of the hot area.
  4. To make a hot area into a hyperlink, click a destination or anchor in the Hyperlinks palette.
  5. Choose View > Guides and then check to make sure the hot areas are where you want them.
Note: Hot areas display only when the picture box that contains them is selected, and hot areas do not print.
Note: You can create hot areas that extend beyond the boundaries of a picture box. On export, however, such hot areas are cropped to the box’s edge (with the exception of circular hot areas).
Parent topic: Image maps

Creating an image map