Linking PDF's for export

I would think that if you set up your links in Captivate by just entering the PDF file name (NOT navigating to the file on your hard drive), then copying the PDFs to the same LMS server directory that you publish your other files to, they should open right up.

But Rick's right... they may need to be part of the manifest. Our LMS is dumb, so we can get away with just uploading baggage files directly, but a fancier LMS may indeed need it to be in the manifest.

Or...

There may be some weirdness if you use the Zip option to upload your files to the LMS. You might have to manually add the PDFs to the Zip before uploading, but again, as long as you just type in the name of the PDF file, it should work. Unless the files also need to be part of the manifest...

Sorry it's not a better answer, but perhaps if you mention the name of your LMS, other users with the same system might be able to offer more detail.

Hi lee.a.knight and welcome to our community

In a typical situation, you simply construct the links, publish your Captivate, then place all content in the same folder for your users to view. As the .PDF files are in the same folder, they normally open and display separately when your user clicks the links.

However, your situation is one I've not really given much thought to. Factoring this into the confines or behavior of a LMS. Perhaps JBradley or another more "LMS savvy" person will step in here to clarify. I would think this would have to be somehow packaged into something the LMS understands. I believe a manifest is used. So maybe the additional .PDF documents have to be part of that manifest.

Hopefully at least some of this was helpful... Rick