Buttons

When designing the page layout I am happy with most of it, but I feel that the choices sections aren't as clear as they should be. By this I mean that they should stand out and be recognised as links rather then just more text. As I am creating the pages on illustrator it wouldn't be possible for me to make the words change colour as you would if it were created in Dreamweaver. So I have looked at various ways that I could create a 'button' look.