Links to a specific page in a manual

[Shlomo Perets]

Rebecca,

You wrote:

>I learned this so long ago I can't remember; is there a way to write a
>hypertext marker so that you open a pdf manual on a certain page?

If the target PDF resides in a web site or accessed through a web link 
(i.e. the file will open in the default web browser rather than in 
Acrobat/Reader):
add "#Page=nn" to the link.
For example: 
http://www.microtype.com/showcase/NavigationAsst/Presence.pdf#page=7

To open a stand-alone PDF in Acrobat/Reader at the default opening page, 
use the following hypertext marker:
message openfile file.pdf

If your target PDF is authored by you in FrameMaker, you can use 
cross-references or gotolink/newlink hypertext markers to define links to 
specific locations.

If the PDF is authored by someone else using FrameMaker, you can use the 
gotopage hypertext marker.
For example: gotopage Foundation.pdf:3
This won't work with PDFs not authored with FrameMaker (since the gotopage 
marker actually links to specific page-related named destinations which 
FrameMaker places in the PDF).

Additional link/bookmark options, which work with PDFs independently of the 
authoring application, are available with the FrameMaker-to-Acrobat 
TimeSavers add-on through the  ~PageLink custom markers (optionally opening 
the target in a separate window) -- see example at 
http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF17.html


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
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