Active Areas from Frame-Generated Index(es)

[Combs, Richard]

Reng, Dr. Winfried wrote:
 
> When there is only a single reference the link area in the resulting
> PDF file encompasses the whole paragraph - provided that there is
> really no change in the character formatting (page number, separator,
> text). The link area does not start at the position of the marker
> but extends in both directions of the marker until there is a change
> in the character formatting or the paragraph ends. A change in character
> formatting could also be a character format with everything set to As Is.
> Test it out, e.g.:
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/framemaker_9_help.pdf
> Or the MML reference in the FrameMaker installation folder (at least for FM
> 8)

I've created many indexes in FM 5.1 through 7.2, and recently began working with 9.0. I've never had my own indexes exhibit this behavior, either in FM or in PDF. The hotspots have always been limited to the page numbers, whether an entry had one or multiple page numbers. 

I'm looking right now at the FM 7 MIF_Reference.pdf and MML_Reference.pdf. The former's index exhibits the behavior I'm familiar with: only the page numbers are hyperlinks. The latter exhibits the behavior you describe: the entire line is a hyperlink. 

The index behavior I'm familiar with is the result of generating a regular index -- which is what I always do. I suspect that the behavior you're describing is the result of generating something else -- probably an alphabetical list of markers (ALM) or index of markers (IOM). 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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