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Kimberly_Williams
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July 2, 2010
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Newbie question about inserting hyperlinks

  • July 2, 2010
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Hello:

I'm having some problems figuring out how to insert a hyperlink in my document. I would like to insert a link in my document that, when clicked, opens up a new Web browser at the URL I specified. I read the online Help and thought I had inserted the correct marker text but I'm not getting the results I wanted.

I inserted the hypertext marker "Message URL" and added the URL address. I get a link but nothing happens when I click it. What have I missed or done incorrectly? Is it even possible to do that?

TIA,

Kimberly

PS: I'm using v8.0P277 on Windows XP. The document will be available to customers as a PDF (that I create using Print to PDF).

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    Correct answer Shlomo Perets

    Make sure you have a complete web address, starting with http:// (or https://, ftp://, mailto:)

    Also, message should be all lower-case.

    Shlomo Perets

    MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
    FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants

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    Kimberly_WilliamsAuthor
    Known Participant
    July 6, 2010

    Thanks for the suggestions! I double-checked the syntax I had used (all lowercase letters) and tried to test it within FM.

    Still no luck. From the PDF, when I click the link I receive an error message stating "The document is trying to connect to <the proper URL>. If you trust the site, choose Allow. If you do not trust the site, choose Block."

    Since it's the site that I selected, I choose "Allow" but nothing else happens. I was hoping to actually open up a new Web page at the URL I'd specified.

    Is that possible? What should I have entered in the Marker text box instead?

    TIA,

    -Kimberly

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    Shlomo PeretsCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    July 5, 2010

    Make sure you have a complete web address, starting with http:// (or https://, ftp://, mailto:)

    Also, message should be all lower-case.

    Shlomo Perets

    MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
    FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants

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    Lynne A. Price
    Inspiring
    July 3, 2010

    Kimberly,

    Are you clicking on your link in FrameMaker or have you saved the

    document as PDF and clicking on the link there? To activate a link within

    FrameMaker (whether created with a user-entered hypertext marker, a

    cross-reference, or a generated list), instead of simple clicking, use

    Ctrl-Alt-click. Alternatively, you can lock the document by saving it as

    View-Only or using the 4-key sequence Esc, F, l, k (the second letter is a

    lowercase 'L'). Use the same sequence to unlock the document. In a locked

    document, you can traverse a link by clicking on it. You cannot edit a

    locked document.

    --Lynne

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