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Anonymous
July 23, 2009
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Some hypertext links broken in generated PDF

  • July 23, 2009
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Hi all,

I'm using FM 8.0p277 to generate a PDF of a book which uses hypertext TOC links to different chapters and topics. We've been using the same process for some time without any problems:

Generate TOC -> Print book to .ps -> run Distiller.

However, recently some of the hypertext links have ceased to work, seemingly at random.

Sample marker text from a nonfunctional link: openObjectId 01 PP System Theory of Op.fm:2 699335

Sample marker text from a functional link: openObjectId 02 PP Intro & Sys Rqts.fm:2 683648

The broken links are not isolated to a certain paragraph style or even to a specific book.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? I'm really at a loss.

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    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    July 23, 2009

    Do you have the "Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs" checked in your PDF Setup > Links tab?

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    Anonymous
    July 24, 2009

    Yes, I do.

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    July 24, 2009

    If the broken links are restricted to the TOC, check to see if you have any changes in the formatting characteristics for  the entry. FM uses any formatting change (font, colour, size, spread, etc.) to control the hypertext zone.

    Have you checked the PDF in Acrobat using the Link tool to see if the entire link is truly missing or just smaller or misplaced?

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