Bernard, You wrote:
>... Each file for each nation is based on the same template. In the >template I view the master pages and in the footer/header of each page >I place an xref to the BookName paragraph that I put into the cover. >Then all I ever need to do is update cover.fm and update xrefs. In >doing so I get a fully dynamic link that jumps to the cover (should I >need that) and I also get a complete and dynamic way to update the >title. But when converting the FM book to on-screen PDF, all cross-references are converted to links (unless placed in text insets). Thus the header/footer of each page will have "unintentional" links (which may even become bad links in some circumstances) -- see http://www.microtype.com/resources/PDFBP_links.html#UnintentionalLinks for real-life examples (Acrobat SDK documentation). Additional notes: * This is not an issue with HTML output (where master pages are ignored). * Cross-references may also introduce difficulties related to formatting (eg if you have italic/bold in the title text), as in the context of cross-references, <$paratext> ignores all character properties present in the extracted paragraph text (including case formatting), except font family properties, superscript and subscript. * Ideally, FrameMaker would have a "convert to link" setting in the cross-reference format, so that linking could be optionally suppressed for specific types of cross-references. With TimeSavers 4.0, this is an option for external cross-references (based on a user-defined string present in the file name or path of the target file). Shlomo Perets MicroType * http://www.microtype.com FrameMaker, Acrobat training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers FM-to-PDF Assistants: Form, Navigation, Presentation, Defaults, Multimedia, 3D
