Hyperlinks

Any symbol, task row, picture or free-form text block on the schedule can have hyperlink shortcuts to other Milestones schedules, documents or Web pages. Launch a hyperlink to open the linked file or URL.  With this feature, a Milestones schedule can be used as the project hub with quick links to all project related information.  Tutorial Lesson 8 - Symbol Hyperlinks and Symbol Links

Example:

The schedule below shows only the scheduled end dates for a company’s projects. The indicator on the Event 1 Kickoff means that there are items attached.  These can be other schedules, documents or Internet URL addresses. Right-clicking on a symbol with a Hyperlink indicator and then choosing a schedule, document or Internet address, opens that item.

Add a hyperlink to a symbol:

1. Click .
2. Right-click the symbol on the schedule and choose Create or Update Hyperlink. The Symbol Properties dialog box appears with the Hyperlinks tab active.
3. Hyperlink a file to this symbol:
   1. Click Add File.
   2. Click Files of type and select the type of file to add. Choose All Files to view all files.
   3. Locate and select the file to link.
   4. Click Open to add the file as a hyperlink.
4. Hyperlink a web page or any URL to this symbol:
   1. Click Add URL.
   2. Enter the complete URL string and OK to exit.
5. Highlight Symbols With Hyperlinks to attach an icon to all symbols with hyperlinks.
6. Include Hyperlink References When Creating HTML Files to include a numbered list of hyperlink URLs in the HTML document, when using the Internet Publishing Wizard. This setting will be overridden if Include Symbol Hyperlinks in HTML File is checked/unchecked during the Internet Publishing Wizard process.

Add a hyperlink to a task row:

1. Click .
2. Click once on the task row.  This will display the Selection menu.
3. Choose Add File or Add URL in the Hyperlinks Settings section.
4. Click either Add File or Add URL...  When adding a URL just type in the URL.  When adding a file, browse to the desired file.
5. Optionally, Show Hyperlink icons to display an icon in all task rows with hyperlinks. The icon appears in the column cell on the left side of the schedule, closest to the schedule area.

Add a hyperlink to a picture:

1. Click .
2. Click once on a picture previously added to the schedule.  This will display the Selection menu.
3. Next to Hyperlink: Enter the complete URL string.
4. Press the apply button.

Add a hyperlink to a freeform text block:

1. Click .
2. Click once on a freeform text block previously added to the schedule.  This will display the Selection tab.
3. Hyperlink a file or a Milestones schedule to the text block:
   1. Next to Hyperlink: Add the entire path name for the file to link.
   2. Press the apply button.
4. Hyperlink a web page or any URL to a text block:
   1. Next to Hyperlink: Enter the complete URL string.
   2. Press the apply button

Change or update filename strings in hyperlinks:

1. Open the Milestones schedule which has hyperlinks.
2. Choose Tools | Other Tools | Update Filename Links.
3. In the box next to From:, input the existing text you would like to update or change.
4. In the box next to To:, input the text with which you would like to replace the existing text.
5. Press Update Strings in Links.
6. Any filename with the existing text string found in the From box should be replaced with the text string from the To box.

Update references to previous versions of Milestones within hyperlinked files:

1. Open the Milestones schedule with hyperlinks.
2. Choose Tools | Other Tools | Update Filename Links.
3. Press Update Filenames in Links.
4. Any filename of a Milestones file (beginning with .ml) will be updated to the current extension: .mlp

Remove a hyperlink from a symbol

1. Click .
2. Click once to select the symbol.  This will display the Selection tab.
3. Pick Hyperlink on the Selection tab.
4. Click Break Link.