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### 7.8.2 Defining a pop-up hotspot

To define a hotspot, in FrameMaker apply a dedicated character or paragraph format to either of the following:

• the text of a cross reference

• text that contains a hypertext link.

If you want content (or an autonumber, or a page reference) from the pop-up material to appear as a hotspot, use a cross reference; if not, use a hypertext link.

Cross reference

If you use a cross reference for a hotspot, make sure the hotspot character format is applied to the reference string (<$paratext>) in the cross-reference definition. If another character format intervenes (for example, if your cross-reference format is defined as <HotspotFmt><Bold><$paratext>), the intended hotspot format is turned off before it can be used.

Entire paragraph (by accident)

If you do not apply a character format to hotspot text for a hypertext link, the entire paragraph becomes a hotspot.

Entire paragraph (on purpose)

If you use a paragraph format (such as the text of a generated-file reference) for a hotspot, and some of the text in the paragraph has a character format applied, you must assign property ParaLink to the paragraph format.

See §5.10 Creating hotspots for hypertext links.

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| Mif2Go User's Guide: 7.8.1 Understanding pop-up hotspots, links, and topics |  | Mif2Go User's Guide: 7.8.3 Displaying a topic in a pop-up window |