PDF email links

[Combs, Richard]

Robert.Werner at appsense.com wrote:
 
> I had thought that Framemaker supported hypertext markers 
> that allow tyou to create links for PDFs which launch a new 
> email in the email application and prepopulate the address 
> and subject line.

Art replied: 

> Highlight your link text.
> Special > Hypertext > To to URL
> message URL mailto:somebody at somewhere.com

Adding to what Art said, don't forget to apply a char tag to the link
text (or the link will extend to the end of the pgf). And you specify a
subject using "?subject=" (this isn't an FM thing, it's an HTML thing),
so the "Go to URL" command looks like this: 

message URL mailto:somebody at somewhere.com?subject=somesubject
 
> Is there a way to populate the subject line with context 
> relevant information, such as the current topic title?

Wouldn't each hyperlink have its own context? The link is in a topic,
right? Paste the topic title in when you create the link. You might be
able to script the whole process, but the the title has to go into the
link at the time of its creation; there's no way to for Acrobat to "look
it up" later. 

HTH!
Richard 


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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