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>From: David Spreadbury <dspre...@yahoo.com>
>To: "Combs, Richard" <richard.co...@polycom.com>
>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:50 AM
>Subject: Re: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book
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>I have thought about using this scheme for some of my books. i have a lot fo
>references to other documents in the document set.
>The gotcha is that the PDFs need to stay in the same relative relationship all
>the time, no exceptions.
>If the PDFs are being distributed to customers, internally or externally, you
>have no control as to how they will be stored on the customers computer. If
>they copy one, and not the other(s), the link(s) won't work. If they later
>copy the other(s), will they place them in the same relationship? Again, you
>have no control. If the links don't work, due to the files not retaining the
>original relationship to each other, then your customers will not be happy.
>As long as the relationship stays the same, from build to end user, then
>everyone will be happy and everything will
work.
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>> From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.co...@polycom.com>
>>To: Pam Harper <phar...@bailiwick.com>; "framers@lists.frameusers.com"
>><framers@lists.frameusers.com>
>>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:19 AM
>>Subject: RE: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book
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>>Pam Harper wrote:
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>>> Can I add a link in one book to another book? How would I do it in
>>> Frame 10. I want to reference a specific section in a another book and
>>> am not sure how to do it, despite searching for answers on this.
>>
>>I only vaguely remember how to do this, but I don't see any responses.
>>Assuming your deliverables are PDF, I think using a cross-reference in FM
>>will work if (1) both books and all the files in them are open when you
>>create the two PDFs, and (2) in their final destinations, the relative path
>>between the PDFs is the same as the relative path between the FM books.
>>
>>> If I
>>> use a cross reference, what would I select for a Building Block in the
>>> list?
>>
>>The good news: You don't need to define a new cross-reference format.
>>Presumably you already have a cross-reference format for pointing to a
>>numbered section heading (using the <$paranum> building block). The bad news:
I'm pretty certain there's no way to include the title of the other PDF in the
cross-reference format (how would FM know what it's going to be?). I guess you
could insert a second cross-reference to the <$paratext> of the book's title
paragraph.
>>
>>You can include the <$filename> (name minus extension) or <$fullfilename>
>>building block, but that's the FM chapter file name. It may or may not get
>>translated into the PDF file name when you create the PDFs of the two books
>>as specified above -- I'm not sure. Try it. Or create a cross-reference
>>format specifically for xrefs to a particular book, with a definition
>>something like: "section <$paranum> in MyOtherBook"
>>
>>HTH, and sorry for the vagueness and uncertainty. Maybe somebody else can
>>confirm, clarify, or correct as needed. :-)
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