Named Destinations Types Defined

Question

Hi. I am looking for information regarding the Named Destinations that FrameMaker (I use Frame v10) generates when creating a PDF. Specifically, I'd like to verify/know what the following prefixes mean. I have tried to ascertain what the designations mean by clicking on them in the PDF, but some aren't as obvious as others.

F (as is F#): This appears to mean the First page of a Frame file, confirmed by my clicking on the destination link, and per a reference in the Adobe User-to-User forum.

G (as in G#.#######): This one perplexes me. It seems to be random paragraphs. I did find someone in the Adobe User-to-User forums who wrote that G destinations meant paragraph objects.

I (I#.#.#######): Are these for Index markers?

L (L#): This appears to mean the Last page of a Frame file.

M (M#.#.#####.[figures, tables, headings, etc. tag names followed by the title): Various Markers in the file (also identified as such by an Adobe U-to-U forum poster)?

P (P.#$##, where $ is a Letter in my generated PDF: P.3C15): I have no idea.

Thanks!

Arnis Gubins · Answer

You more or less figured them out.The F & L series ones are used to designate the first and last page in a file. The number after the F/L prefix refers to the file number in the book order.The G series is the paragraph identifier, where the number before the "." represents the file number in the book order and the digits following the period are the FM assigned unique ID number. The book order number together with the uniqueID assures that every paragraph destination in a book is unique.The P series represents the individual page numbers. The part before the period is the page number in the file or book (depending upon how you've specified FM's numbering) and the "C##" part refers to the book compenent, e.g. the C15 means the 15th component file of the book.The I/M series markers are just different marker types, with "I" being those inserted automatically by FM (like in the TOC). Again, the same coding of file number and unique ID follow.Usually, one shouldn't be concerned with the actual values that FM uses to creeate the destination targets. Hopefully, you're not planning to make any links to these in a PDF as the numbers may (will) change when you update/regenerate a book.

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