This is one of the benefits of TimeSavers: you can use pdfmark commands in FrameMaker using markers instead of PostScript text frames. This avoids the anchored frames and text frames. I have used and supported TimeSavers for years and it is well worth the money.
You could go further and automate the insertion of the TimeSavers markers. For example, if you had a spreadsheet of headings and help IDs, you could use FrameScript (or ExtendScript with FrameMaker 10 or higher) to read the spreadsheet and insert the IDs in the correct locations in your FrameMaker document or book. This would make the whole process pretty seamless. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johnson, Jennifer Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Using PDF for context-sensitive help Hi Peggy, We use the following pdfmark command to embed help IDs into Frame documents. Placing the destinations into the PDF itself is not an option for us because the document is translated into 14 languages so we have to embed the named destinations into the source Framemaker document. [/Dest/Help111/DEST pdfmark Help111 is the dialog ID and named destination. There is no right bracket. Create the line of code in a text frame within an anchored frame and position it on the page that you want the pdf to open to when the user presses the help button. Select the text frame, then choose Graphics > Object Properties and select the PostScript Code check box. You won't be able to edit the code once you tag it as PostScript, but you can turn the tag on and off. Acrobat processes the codes into named destinations only when you print to PDF. Save as PDF will not work. After you print to PDF, open your PDF, then open the Destinations panel (you may have to select a View option to have Acrobat display the Destinations panel - a target icon that appears below the bookmark icon). You will see many auto-generated destinations there, sorted alphabetically, and be able to locate the named destinations you created in Frame. Hope this helps. Jennifer
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