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Anonymous
May 13, 2009
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Linking to Imported PDF

  • May 13, 2009
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Hi,

Before I upgraded to RH8 I was able to link from a topic to an imported .pdf. Why can't I do this anymore?

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    Anonymous
    May 13, 2009

    It seems if I view the html I can drag the pdf link into the document as a link. Just can't do it in Design.

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
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    May 13, 2009

    Hi there

    Assuming you are talking about establishing links to Baggage files in RoboHelp 8 using drag and drop, you now have to press and hold the Shift key before dragging the Baggage reference to the topic in the Design view.

    Cheers... Rick

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    May 13, 2009

    Thank you! I won't mention how intuitive THAT is. LOL. oops...

    Anyway, so now I have my links, however, when I generate webhelp, the links don't work. When I View Selected Item inside the project, the pdf displays. I'm stumped. Any insight?


    Hi again

    Probably you are generating using the Mark of the Web (MOTW) option to avoid seeing the Yellow Information Bar (YIB) in IE. The side effect is that links won't work when testing locally.

    So to overcome this, turn off MOTW and configure IE so you don't see the YIB. The link below should assist with configuring IE.

    Click here to view

    Cheers... Rick

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