Help wth hyperlinks_Please

[Les Smalley]

Sue,





If you create a new link and give it the identifier "checklist" (as in
your "what I am doing" procedure) then you should use that same ID as
the destination when you insert the "Jump to Named Destination"
hypertext marker.  Perhaps it was inadvertent, but your example has
different 'names' and I would not expect it to work, either in FM or PDF.  Also note that
the names are case-sensitive, so "checklist" and "CheckList" are
different destination names.  You will still see the hand pointer (as
you hover over the hypertext marker), but because the names don't
match, the jump can't find the target to move the insertion point.




The "validate" function only really verifies that you have the syntax
correct
for the marker you're adding, not that the command will work as
expected.  After all, you could enter the "goto" commands first, then
define the destinations as the second step...





You can test a link by temporarily locking the document via Save
as View Only or the escape sequence Esc F l k (four separate key
presses: escape, Capital-F, lowercase-L lowercase-K ; this toggles the
locked or "view-only" state of the document) or just hold the control
and alt keys together as you hover over the hypertext marker.



I hope this helps. 





--- On Mon, 9/7/09, Susan Curtzwiler <SusanCu at vmc.com>
wrote:



  I am using Frame 7.0 with Vista Enterprise

Adobe Reader 9.0

Adobe Distiller 5.0

  

I
have been reading and following the help files and the User Guide for
days now.  I cannot successfully and consistently make a simple link
within the same document. 

  

It looks like you need to save as
"View Only" in order to activate the link.  I have done that and also
saved regular and I cannot get the link to jump from point A to point B
  

or in other words to go from the "new link" to the "specified
destination".

  

Here is what I am doing.

  

1.   Select the word or phrase that is the destination 

2.  ; Go to Special>Hypertext 

3.   In the Command box, select "Specify Named Destination" 

4.   In the Syntax box it says "newlink"   and then next to that I
type in the word to be found  "checklist"  all lower case 

5.   The checkbox for "Validate Command upon Insertion is checked 

6.   Click on "New Hypertext Marker"

  

then I go to the starting point 

  

1.   Select the word or phrase that will be marked as the starting
point 

2.   Go to Special>Hypertext 

3.   In the Command box, select "Jump to Named Destination" 

4.   In the Syntax box it says "gotolink" and then next to that 
I type in the word that was used at the destination point "server"  all 
lowercase 

5.   The checkbox for "Validate Command upon Insertion is checked 

6.   Click on "New Hypertext Marker"

  

So, now from here is apparently where I get lost. 

  

If I save as "view only", I will get the hand pointer and it looks like
it will work. 

  

However, if I click on it, nothing happens. 

  

If I make a PDF, nothing happens. 

  

Please, what am I missing? 

  

Thanks, 

  

Sue Curtzwiler   susancu at vmc.com

  





– Les