To add a link in your flipchart to a website, first open the website that you would like to link to. Copy the URL: (such as ) Return to ActivInspire and open the “Insert” menu, choose “Link”, and click the “Website” option. A new window will open. Paste the URL into the typing field. You can choose to add the link as Text, Image Icon, Action Object, or Existing Object. If you choose Text and click OK, the link will appear as the URL text, which I do not recommend because the web address can be very long. I recommend adding the link as an Image Icon because it is small and obviously marked as a website link. The other option is to add a link to existing text or images that are already in your flipchart. If you would like to be able to click an image and have it take you to a website, choose to add your website link as an “Existing object”. Once you chose that option, click the … button to choose which object you would like to add the hyperlink to. Select the image or text, and click OK. That object has just been turned into a hyperlink. To insert a link to a file follow the same steps as above. Once you choose to insert a file, you will be prompted to find the file you wish to add. Once you have selected the file, you will have the option to add the file as text (which will appear as the name of your file), image icon, action object, or existing object. I recommend adding the file as an image icon. You also have the option of storing the entire file in the flipchart (internally) or in a folder on your computer (externally). Unless you are planning on uploading the flipchart to Promethean Planet or sharing it, I do not recommend storing the file in the flipchart because it can make the file size very large. Importing PDFs It is useful to import PDFs as a flipchart so that you and your students have the ability to write on them rather than to just project them. PDFs import nicely into ActivInspire, with each page of the PDF becoming a new page within the flipchart. To import a PDF, click “File”, choose “Import” from the menu, and then “PDF”. You will be prompted to find the PDF location on your computer.
To add a link in your flipchart to a website, first open the website that you would like to link to. Copy the URL: (such as ) Return to ActivInspire and open the “Insert” menu, choose “Link”, and click the “Website” option. A new window will open. Paste the URL into the typing field. You can choose to add the link as Text, Image Icon, Action Object, or Existing Object. If you choose Text and click OK, the link will appear as the URL text, which I do not recommend because the web address can be very long. I recommend adding the link as an Image Icon because it is small and obviously marked as a website link. The other option is to add a link to existing text or images that are already in your flipchart. If you would like to be able to click an image and have it take you to a website, choose to add your website link as an “Existing object”. Once you chose that option, click the … button to choose which object you would like to add the hyperlink to. Select the image or text, and click OK. That object has just been turned into a hyperlink. To insert a link to a file follow the same steps as above. Once you choose to insert a file, you will be prompted to find the file you wish to add. Once you have selected the file, you will have the option to add the file as text (which will appear as the name of your file), image icon, action object, or existing object. I recommend adding the file as an image icon. You also have the option of storing the entire file in the flipchart (internally) or in a folder on your computer (externally). Unless you are planning on uploading the flipchart to Promethean Planet or sharing it, I do not recommend storing the file in the flipchart because it can make the file size very large. Importing PDFs It is useful to import PDFs as a flipchart so that you and your students have the ability to write on them rather than to just project them. PDFs import nicely into ActivInspire, with each page of the PDF becoming a new page within the flipchart. To import a PDF, click “File”, choose “Import” from the menu, and then “PDF”. You will be prompted to find the PDF location on your computer.