Bugs, or features, in FM8

[Martinek, Carla]

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shlomo Perets
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:50 AM
To: orandeep at comcast.net
Cc: Framers at FrameUsers.com; Ashley_Meredith at brown.edu
Subject: Re: Bugs, or features, in FM8

Oran,

You wrote: (to Austin Meredith, cc'd the list)

>I have been using FM8 and Acrobat 8 for some months now without any 
>sign of a hyperlink issue. I use cross-references, internal and 
>external hyperlinks, TOC's, Indexes. I make lists of markers, elements,

>paragraphs, etc. all of which are "hot" All of the links seem to work 
>as intended in PDF. They work both when I use the Save As PDF abd when 
>I use the print & distill method. Since we are about to upgrade a very 
>large project involving thousands of unique manuals and hundreds of 
>thousands of pages monthly, I am curious as to what your workflow/setup

>is. If there is a flaw, I have not found it so far. ...

The cross-file linking issue is described at
http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html#FM8UnicodeCrossFileLinks
(together with sample PDFs produced from the same source FM file, using
FM7.2 and FM8.0, and FM8.0+TimeSavers 5.3)

The problem will not be noticed when the PDFs are :
-- accessed locally using Acrobat 8.x, but will be noticed when
cross-file links are activated through a web browser (cross-file links
in a PDF stored in an intranet/internet site) linking
-- viewed in earlier Acrobat versions or some non-Adobe PDFs viewers

Notice that in some cases, internal links are transformed to cross-file
links, which reference the same file as a target. In such a case, links
within the same file won't work when the PDF is viewed through a web
browser.


>As to your file lock/unlock issue...

I don't see a problem here, and experience the same behavior in FM7.2
and FM8.0.
In any case, the "locking" (view only) state has no implications on PDFs
and links.
Links should be tested in PDF, as links that work in FrameMaker may not
work in Acrobat (and sometimes links that don't work in FrameMaker do
work in Acrobat).


Happy New Year!


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker
FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat
TimeSavers/Assistants

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