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tspaul
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April 11, 2013
Question

Hotspots generated from FrameMaker don't show tooltip text in PDF

  • April 11, 2013
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In FrameMaker 11, I have set objects to be hotspots going to an external URL. When I generate a PDF, the hotspots work, but the tooltip text that I entered for each hotspot is not showing. Instead, when I hover over the hotspot, I see the URL. Is this a bug, or do I need to do something differently?

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    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    April 11, 2013

    PDFs only support "tooltips" for form fields/buttons in the form of pop-up boxes, links don't do this except for the external ones to URLs. I believe that the tooltip feature is meant more for HTML output via RoboHelp.

    If you want tooltip behaviour in PDFs, check out Shlomo Perets' TimeSavers tools (Forms Assistant). Here's a demo of how "tooltips" work in PDFs:

    http://www.microtype.com/showcase/FormAsst/SP_RolloverPop_demo.pdf

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    tspaulAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 12, 2013

    Thank you, Arnis! It helps to know that. The link you posted is not working. Was it removed?

    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 12, 2013

    Looks like there's an issue with the MicroType site, try again a little later.

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