Named Destinations not Working in PDF

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October 4, 2013
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We have book files that contain several chapters and a glossary. We created numerous named destinations (specify named destination/jump to named destination) throughout the FM files. If we check the links in the FM files, they work fine (i.e. the linked word jumps to the correct spot). However once we PDF, it loses some (not all) of those links. Anyone have any suggestions for figuring out why or fixing the issue? To PDF, we print a PS file then distill it. We are using FM 10. There appears to be no rhyme or reason for which words work and which words don't. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

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anitam1405587

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Hi I'm curious how you are generating your pdf (if no one has already asked this question.) I had a similar issue with links not going to the destinations; I discovered my problem was with how I was generating the pdf. I had been doing a "Save as PDF." This was not only causing a problem with destinations, it was also causing an issue with hot spot text and a javascript code I would enter to get my hotspots to hightlight in a manual. I discovered this problem was solved when I would print to pdf rather than do a "Save as PDF." I know this is a very old post that I am responding to...but putting this solution out there anyway for anyone working in a newer version of Adobe Acrobat & FrameMaker.

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Winfried Reng

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Hi,

Generally please create a new thread for new questions.

The default Save as PDF uses PDF own engine. It ignores text frames with the PostScript option activated. Possibly also JavaScript.

You can change this in the Publish pod. Select PDF as output, click the icon next to the settings file and select Edit. FrameMaker opens the Publish settings. Activate the option Use Acrobat Distiller for PDF generation.

When you now save as PDF, FrameMaker uses the Distiller. This might work better with your demands.

Best regards

Winfried

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

See: How do I create links from the middle of 1 PDF to another?

or search this forum for "Named Destinations".

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SER617Author

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Thanks. I know how to create named destinations. And the ones we create work in FM. There is a problem when we convert to PDF - but only for a handful of links. I didn't see anything in the forum that discussed this. All of the bad links are in one particular file (but not all of the links in that file are bad), and all of our links are within one .book file (not multiple ones).

Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

Not sure if I can reply to a forum from my e-mail, but the site appears to be down. Arnis - I just tried a save as (took off the "Convert CMYK colors to RGB" option in settings), and some of the lines still spill all the way to the right. The font we use is Palatino Linotype. I'm not sure how to find the other info you are asking for (OTF, TT, Type 1)...

FWIW, I tried several PDFs using the TTF-WG version Palatino-Linotype and I didn't see any font issues.

Do you have the maker.ini setting for DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics set to ON ?

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