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Jorunn H
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March 18, 2011
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Hyperlinking from FrameMaker to an external document

  • March 18, 2011
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What I am trying to accomplish is to insert hyperlinks in FrameMaker to external documents (Word, Excel etc.) residing on an organisation's server. The idea is that if the users click a link in the PDF file I make on the basis of the FrameMaker book, they open the external document. Does anybody know if this is possible at all? If yes, do you have any tips on how I could go about it?

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Correct answer Michael_Müller-Hillebrand

Try using

message URL file:///volume/path/file.ext

- Michael

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Bob_Niland
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Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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March 18, 2011

... insert hyperlinks in FrameMaker to external documents ... residing on an organisation's server.

Apply a unique Character format (typically, "URL", a blue underline format) to the text that is to be the link.

Select that text.

Special > Hypertext

Command: Go to URL

Syntax:

message URL http://www...etc

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Jorunn HAuthor
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March 18, 2011

That's how I insert URLs, so I am familar with the method. But would this work even if the document is only available inside the organisation? I.e. the path does not begin with http:\\, but is something like this: T:\folder\subfolder\subfolder\Excel_file.xls

(And I realise that the link would only work if the document is used by people with access to that particular folder. But this is a document for internal use, not something that will be publicly available.)

Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
Michael_Müller-HillebrandCorrect answer
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March 18, 2011

Try using

message URL file:///volume/path/file.ext

- Michael

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