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bowen192
bowen192
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June 23, 2011
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Creating hyperlinks in a pdf from Framemaker

  • June 23, 2011
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Hello

Really simple question; when you create a pdf from FM, can you convert the cross-ref's to hyperlinks in the pdf?

Thanks.

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    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 23, 2011

    Really simple question; when you create a pdf from FM, can you convert the cross-ref's to hyperlinks in the pdf?

    They are hypertext automatically if you have in the print setup:

  • Generate Acrobat Data

    Bookmarks is optional.

    These below are generally not required:

    Tags:

    [_] Generate Tagged PDF

    Links:

    [_] Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs

    At least that's my recollection. I haven't generated a flat (hyperless) PDF in a long time, so haven't lately experimented with what you need to turn off for that to happen.

    • Van Kurtz
    Van Kurtz
    Inspiring
    June 23, 2011

    ALWAYS SELECT this option.

    Links:

    Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs

    ALWAYS CLEAR this option.

    Tags:

    [_] Generate Tagged PDF

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 23, 2011

    ALWAYS SELECT this option.

    Links:

    Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs

    Ok, why?

    I don't, and all the internal Xrefs become hyperlinks in my PDFs, whether generated from a monlithic .fm document or a book. This includes manual as well as generated TOC and IX references.

    If I wanted external URLs to be able to drill deep into a PDF, I suspect that Named Dests would be required. I'm less sure about peer file-to-file PDF deep hyperlink references. I don't need either and haven't explored them.

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