Creating a clickable link for email in a frame (to pdf) document

[Shlomo Perets]

Theresa,

You wrote:

> How to I get a "Variable, Marker" or "Variable, Hypertext" of someone's
email address to show up as a clickable link in a pdf?

> None of the command options under "Variable, Hypertext" look reasonable.

> I think I want
mailto:TdeV at bstw.com

> but what goes in front of it?

If it is a hypertext marker (Special > Hypertext, or Special > Marker,
hypertext type), then you need:
message URL mailto:TdeV at bstw.com
("message" should be all lower case, "URL" all caps)

This will result in a clickable link in the PDF you generate; apply a
character format if you need to also make the link visible.

Variables cannot be interactive, so this won't work when the e-email address
is stored in a variable. (A text inset -- storing the text link and marker
-- may be used instead, if you anticipate changes to the mail address)


Shlomo Perets

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