Creating hyperlink to PDF

[Fetzner, Bill]

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Searching my local Framers archives for a solution to my problem, I came up with this thread. I've been using the "message openfile hypertext marker for years with complete success. When I convert my doc to a pdf, the linkage worked just fine. But not in Windows 7 as far as I can determine. When I take exactly the same file, with exactly the same TCS2 newly installed in Win7, all those links are gone in my pdf distillation of the file. I've reinstalled Acrobat and updated it from itself without success. Anyone else experience this or have a suggestion of some magic switch I should know about?
~ Bill 

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shlomo Perets
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:49 PM
To: Nina Rogers
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Creating hyperlink to PDF

Nina,

You wrote:

>I am trying to create a hyperlink to a PDF. Basically, when the user
>clicks the link, I want a separate PDF file to open. I'm working in
>FrameMaker 7, but the finished document will be published as a PDF.  ...
>
>The PDF I want to link is located in a folder on our network, not on a
>website; otherwise, I'd use the Go to URL command from Special >
>Hypertext.


A generic link to an external PDF can be created using the built-in FM 
hypertext marker:
message openfile path/filename.pdf

The target PDF will open at the default opening page; "new window" or "same 
window" applied according to the local Acrobat/Reader preference.

Other hypertext markers (gotolink/gotopage or openlink/openpage) can be 
translated to a similar link upon conversion to PDF, but link 
validity/success may be dependent on other factors (e.g. authoring 
application for the target PDF being FM, specific destinations/page numbers 
present, chapter vs. book file issues).


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants



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