Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Hyperlink flow chart boxes.

[cac100684]

So I have attached a flow chart and I need to be able to link each box in my flow chart to a chapter in my document is this possible? I know you can do this in html it's called image mapping but is LaTeX capable of doing this and if so what format does the flow chart need to be in?
Thanks,
Carlee

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[gmedina]

Hi,

you could use the PGF/TikZ package to draw the chart and then use the \hyperlink and \hypertarget commands provided by the hyperref package. For further information, please refer to page 13 of the package documentation.

The following simple code illustrates this approach:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum}% justo to automatically generate some text
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
  \draw (0,0) node[draw,fill=blue!30](a) {\hyperlink{link1}{Link1}} (1,1) 
    node[draw,fill=green!30](b) [draw] {\hyperlink{link2}{Link2}};
  \draw[->] (a.north) |- (b.west);
  \draw[color=red,<-] (a.east) -| (2,1.5) -| (b.north);
\end{tikzpicture}

\chapter{Test chapter one}
\lipsum[1-10]
Link1 on the initial diagram will lead you to \hypertarget{link1}{this text}.
\chapter{Test chapter two}
\lipsum[1-2]
Link2 on the initial diagram will lead you to \hypertarget{link2}{this other text}.

\lipsum[1-3]

\end{document}