When referring to an Internet web pages, an image map is a single image containing one or more hyperlinks in various areas. Below is an example of an image map of a computer keyboard and examples of how an image map could be used. In our example, on a computer you can hover over each key to get a description of the key and click the key to get full information.

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  • For additional information about creating image maps, see our HTML help page.