Creating static named destinations in PDF using DITA XML and FrameMaker publishing

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July 24, 2022
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Hello,

How to I create a named destination in my source DITA XML so that when FrameMaker publishes the PDF the named destination is unchanged from the DITA?

I am trying to create an xref in one DITA document that gets published to PDF (call it document1.pdf) where it creates a hyperlink to a relative path such as ../folder/document2.pdf#named_destination.

I cannot find any documentation for how to do this.

If I open document2.pdf and edit the named destination, when I click on the hyperlink in document1, it opens to that specific page in document2.pdf, but it is impractical to manually edit all of the named destinations in the target PDF.

Thank you!

Pat

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Bob_Niland

Community Expert

As far as I know, it still takes an aftermarket tool to do that, such as the MicroType TimeSavers.

frameexpert

Community Expert

TimeSavers is a great tool that I have used with many clients over the years. However, TimeSavers is actually a Distiller add-on so you have to use Distiller when making PDFs from FrameMaker. This bypasses FrameMakers new print/PDF engine that was added in FrameMaker 2019 and therefore is a lot slower.

P

Patrick_PorterAuthor

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Hi Rick! As you know, we don't want to go down that route given the workflow for our flight manual publish process. See the e-mail I sent you this morning...maybe you can jsx this?

I'm just surprised that FrameMaker can't do this...or that it adds the "extra" XY.newlink string to the named destination. Seems like shooting itself in the foot. Maybe there is a great reason why it does it, but I can't see it.
Pat

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