FM10/Acrobat X 10-use named destinations for PDF linking

Hi Kim,

Our team recently found a way to put custom named destinations in our FrameMaker files that can be used for linking to specific places in the PDF output (with no strange alphanumeric codes added to the named destinations).

The named destinations are anchored in FM so they stay with whatever heading/text/graphic/etc they are "attached" to, even as content is added to/removed from the FM files.

Will the following work as part of the solution you're looking for? (We're also using FM10 and Acrobat X.)

1. In FM, insert a new text frame object.
   
   
2. Type the following code in the text frame: [/Dest /Help123/Dest pdfmark
   
   where “Help123” is the name that will appear in the PDF for this named destination. This is name you would use in your hyperlinks. Our programmers use this name for the context-sensitive help links in the user interface.
   
   
3. Right-click on the text frame and select Object Properties. Click to select the PostScript Code check box, then click the Set button.
   
   NOTE: Once the PostScript Code check box is selected, the text in the text frame cannot be edited. To edit the text in the text frame, you have to first turn off the PostScript Code option, edit the text, and then turn the PostScript Code option back on.
   
   
4. Select the text frame object, then cut and paste to create a new instance of it. This places the text frame inside an anchored frame.
   
   
5. You can now “attach” the anchored frame to whatever heading/figure/text/etc the named destination should link to.

Here's the catch. To get the named destination in the PDF output, you can’t use the “Save as PDF” command in FM – you must print to PDF instead:

1. In the FM file, click File >> Print Setup.
2. Select Adobe PDF in the Name drop-down list, then click the Properties button.
3. Deselect the Rely on system fonts only; do not use document fonts check box, then click OK.
4. Click OK.
5. Click File >> Print.
6. Select the Generate Acrobat Data check box.
7. Click the PDF Setup button to define bookmark links, print quality, etc, then click the Set button when done.
8. Click the Print button.

The generated PDF file should contain all the bookmarks you’ve defined as well as all the named destinations you added (with the exact names you specified).

Hope that helps. Thanks, and good luck,

Jason

But they want to provide users with links that open the PDF files to a specific section

Do you mean,they want the PDF to opened at a particular page ?