[Framers] Linking to a specific page in a PDF file

[Victoria Muir]

I would be interested in this webinar — thanks for offering, Jang!

Tori Muir

tmuir at spot-on-creative.com | 650.430.8674
www.spot-on-creative.com <http://www.spot-on-creative.com>



On 5/12/16, 12:26 PM,
"framers-bounces+tmuir=spot-on-creative.com at lists.frameusers.com on behalf
of jang at jang.nl" 
<framers-bounces+tmuir=spot-on-creative.com at lists.frameusers.com on behalf
of jang at jang.nl> wrote:

>I have used a reliable method for cross-deliverable linking in PDF using
>Hypertext markers. One set of markers defines the named destinations,
>using "newlink XXX". With this method, I set the markers to have names I
>can figure out without resorting to investigating tons of destinations in
>Acrobat Pro. Also, I can avoid creating named destinations for
>everything, which blows up the size of the PDF files.
>
>On the referencing side, I use Hypertext markers with the text "gotolink
>XXX" if it is in the same PDF or "openlink DDD:XXX" in case it is a
>separate PDF document. There are a couple of snags when PDFs are created
>from books with multiple chapters, each with their own named
>destinations, but this can be made to work.
>
>Of course I am much too lazy to enter all these markers manually, so I
>have scripted everything. Works wonderfully.
>
>If there is enough interest in this, I can convince Adobe to organize a
>webinar where I explain and demo this technique. The same markers are
>also used for HTML5 marking, where multiple deliverables are created from
>separate books and still jump to the right locations in these separate
>HTML5 products.
>
>Let me know if you want to see this.
>
>
>Jang F.M. (Yes, those are my middle names) Graat
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