A viewed document can host any number of links. The user creates a hyperlink by positioning a dedicated icon over the portion of the viewed document to which information will be linked, or by selecting a markup entity and converting it into a hot spot. AutoVue provides all necessary facilities for navigating and managing hyperlinks as well. For example, existing hyperlink definitions may be edited. While the AutoVue product's regular markup files are a powerful tool for collaborative work, anyone viewing them is able to edit them.
Some circumstances require another type of markup file.
AutoVue recognizes several special types of markup files, and provides specific facilities for their management. For example, it may be of key importance that users convey and share information, without risk of accidental or deliberate change. AutoVue allows markup files to be saved as read-only, restricting the file's editing capabilities exclusively to it's author. Critical information can be presented using AutoVue's master markup feature. Here again, only the author of the master markup file will have editing privileges for that file.