Using PDF for context-sensitive help

[Johnson, Jennifer]

Hi Peggy,

 

We use the following pdfmark command to embed help IDs into Frame
documents. Placing the destinations into the PDF itself is not an option
for us because the document is translated into 14 languages so we have
to embed the named destinations into the source Framemaker document. 

 

[/Dest/Help111/DEST pdfmark

 

Help111 is the dialog ID and named destination. There is no right
bracket.

 

Create the line of code in a text frame within an anchored frame and
position it on the page that you want the pdf to open to when the user
presses the help button. 

 

Select the text frame, then choose Graphics > Object Properties and
select the PostScript Code check box. You won't be able to edit the code
once you tag it as PostScript, but you can turn the tag on and off.

 

Acrobat processes the codes into named destinations only when you print
to PDF. Save as PDF will not work. After you print to PDF, open your
PDF, then open the Destinations panel (you may have to select a View
option to have Acrobat display the Destinations panel  - a target icon
that appears below the bookmark icon). You will see many auto-generated
destinations there, sorted alphabetically, and be able to locate the
named destinations you created in Frame. 

 

Hope this helps. 

Jennifer

 

 

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