Links to captions in PDF

[Shlomo Perets]

When the PDF is displayed on-screen, the view displayed after clicking a 
link is also affected by the display mode, Single Page or Continuous.
The display mode can be specified as part of the PDF viewing properties; if 
it set to "Default", then the local preferences as to the display mode 
apply. If "Continuous" is supported, the figure captions work better when 
placed above the figure.

Another approach involves defining the specific view for each figure 
through custom hypertext markers (with TimeSavers), and then using 
hypertext markers to link to the specific view defined. This way, each 
figure link take the reader to a figure-specific view which includes the 
entire figure plus its caption. The zoom is adjusted automatically; a 
non-printing "back" button restores the view.
A sample PDF, demonstrating this approach is available at 
http://www.microtype.com/showcase/Figures.pdf

[ http://www.microtype.com/showcaseCustom.html also has a link to a 
"real-life" PDF of a conference paper, one out of a series of interlinked 
papers, using the same Figure linking techniques ]


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat