Hyperlinks to files iWeb 09

I am trying to set up hyperlinks to pdf files on my computer using iWeb09.
When I select the text for the hyperlink and go to the inspector and link to the file "application.pdf" the text on the web page changes to the file name. Is that what is supposed to happen? It's not what I want to happen.
How do I link to 'application.pdf' without changing the text? I'm probably missing something simple here but I've looked at some of the tutorials etc. on the web and can't find what I'm looking for. I did not use iWeb 08 so don't know if this operation worked properly or not.

In line with iWeb's policy of introducing simple drag and drop icons for widgets, most of the links on my latest site to PDFs and applications etc make use of icons.
This avoids the issue of me having to think about the text link and my viewers straining their brains by having to read them!
I wonder what all the empty spaces are for in the widgets section of the media slide out.
Do you think that one day we may get something useful like a contact form?
It didn't take me long to get over the thrill of being able to take photos of my myself grinning foolishly and have them appear instantly on my webpage courtesy of the iSight Photo widget.

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> Hi, I was wondering if I have an image with hyperlink
attached, if I can
> use
> some sort of formatting code or something to not only
show the picture,
> but
> also the name of the URL file associated with the
picture. For example, my
> site
> is www.drcelly.com and I have a folder I named ?lgtest?
and within that
> folder
> I have all my images in, and also the HTML pages that
are linked to the
> images.
> The page (screen shot below) showing all the pictures is
titled ?lg? so
> the
> directory to the following page is:
http://www.drcelly.com/lgtest/lg.html
>
> screen shot-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/mds33200/11.jpg
>
> As you can see, the selected picture (circled in red) is
named ?tp
> 1010.gif?
> and it has a hyperlink attached, named ?c297.html?. (so
if someone was to
> click
> that image, it would direct you to
>
http://www.drcelly.com/lgtest/c297.html)
>
> Now the thing I need to do is to get the image to shop
up just as it is
> now,
> however underneath the image I need a text description
titled ?c297.html?
> or
> even ?c297?. I have several pages with several hundred
images on it, and I
> would prefer to have the computer fill these in rather
then manually
> entering
> each one separate. Does anyone know if its possible?
>
>
> Here is a sample of how I would like it to look (I
manually typed the red
> data
> in by using a photo editor just to show how I would like
it to look, my
> goal is
> to make it so I dont have to type the red data in):
>
> screen shot-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/mds33200/2-3.jpg
>
> Any help / info would be appreciated! thanks.
>
>

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