Multi-Volume Documents

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Valerie,

 

With cross-references and hyperlinks, the only way to ensure that the PDF
links work is to make sure the resulting PDFs are in the same relative
location that the FrameMaker books were in.  Or, vise versa: If you know how
the PDFs are going to be stored relative to each other, you could organize
the FrameMaker books to match this relative arrangement.

 

After you find out how the PDFs are going to be stored, you may be able to
use a third-party program to modify the links in the PDF. I use AutoBookmark
Professional from www.evermap.com for this kind of thing. In any case, it is
difficult to provide links between PDFs when you don't know how they are
going to be stored relative to each other.

 

Rick

 

Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

585-283-5045

rick at frameexpert.com

 

 

 

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Valerie Lipow
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:40 AM
To: Framers; techcomm-usg at googlegroups.com
Subject: Multi-Volume Documents

 

I'm working on a U.S. Air Force maintenance manual containing three volumes.
I know how to enumerate the chapters and cross-references within each
volume, and how to enumerate the volumes and manage the cross-references
within the book. 

One audience will use Volumes I and II; another will use Volumes I and III.
Each of the three volumes will be a separate PDF file in some future
electronic manual storage site. I have no way to know the paths for the file
locations. 

What is the best way to make persistent cross references across volumes
after the book is PDF'ed? Can it be done in Framemaker? 


-- 
Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com 

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