Linking a Sound to Text

You can link a sound file that has been saved in the ".AU" format to any text on your page. The sound plays each time you click the text. To link a sound to text, follow these instructions:

  1. Open Claris Home Page, if it's not already open.
  2. Open the page to which you want to add the sound.
  3. Choose Edit Page from the Window menu.
  4. Open the folder you're using to store sounds for your Web site project.
  5. Arrange your desktop so that you can see both the page you're working on and the sounds folder window.
  6. Drag the icon of the sound file you want to use to your page. (Drag the icon to the exact place where you want the link to be.)
  7. Make sure the name of the sound file is selected on your page, then type the text you want to use for the link.
  8. Choose Preview in Browser from the File menu.
  9. When your page appears in the browser, click the new link to test it.

Tips

When you type over a selected sound file name, what you type appears as underlined blue text.

When a user who's viewing your page in a browser clicks the linked text, there will be a slight delay before the sound plays, as the sound is downloaded to the user's computer. The larger the sound, the longer the delay.


Example

Click me and listen!

Related Tasks

Recording a message for your site
Converting sounds to a "Web" format
Linking a sound to a graphic
Adding a graphic to a page