"Pop-ups" in PDFs
Shlomo Perets
shlomo2 at microtype.com
Thu May 11 09:09:30 PDT 2006
Anne,
You wrote:
>I can't be crazy, I know there's a way to do this.
>
>I'm writing docs for inexperienced end users. One of the new things is
>that they have to enter times now in military time rather than clock
>time. There's some concern that they might need assistance with this.
>
>The first time I mention military time, I have a hyperlink. I want the
>link to open a new window, a 4.25" x 4.25" file I created with a little
>table of clock time and military time. It works fine if I set both Frame
>files to View Only.
>
>I can't get it to translate to the PDF. It opens the file, but not as a
>new window and not with the window the size of the file. I've adjusted
>the page size in Frame and Acrobat, I've played with the Acrobat file
>properties, I can't seem to get this done.
>
>Frame 7.2, Acrobat 6.
The "open in new window" property in FrameMaker is not carried over to
Acrobat (regardless of FM/Acrobat versions being used).
The "new window" link property is available in the Links properties dialog
box starting with Acrobat 6 (even though the functionality is supported
with earlier releases of Acrobat/Reader), but you will have to set it
manually (and redo this when you generate updated PDFs).
See "24 Easy Ways to Improve Your PDFs with TimeSavers/Assistants" for more
info on how this (and many other features) can be automated with my
FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers add-on:
-- http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html#8 ("Display additional
information without switching to a different page/file")
-- http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html#10 ("Set specific cross-PDF
links to open a new window")
Shlomo Perets
MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat
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