Anne, You wrote:
>I can't be crazy, I know there's a way to do this. > >I'm writing docs for inexperienced end users. One of the new things is >that they have to enter times now in military time rather than clock >time. There's some concern that they might need assistance with this. > >The first time I mention military time, I have a hyperlink. I want the >link to open a new window, a 4.25" x 4.25" file I created with a little >table of clock time and military time. It works fine if I set both Frame >files to View Only. > >I can't get it to translate to the PDF. It opens the file, but not as a >new window and not with the window the size of the file. I've adjusted >the page size in Frame and Acrobat, I've played with the Acrobat file >properties, I can't seem to get this done. > >Frame 7.2, Acrobat 6. The "open in new window" property in FrameMaker is not carried over to Acrobat (regardless of FM/Acrobat versions being used). The "new window" link property is available in the Links properties dialog box starting with Acrobat 6 (even though the functionality is supported with earlier releases of Acrobat/Reader), but you will have to set it manually (and redo this when you generate updated PDFs). See "24 Easy Ways to Improve Your PDFs with TimeSavers/Assistants" for more info on how this (and many other features) can be automated with my FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers add-on: -- http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html#8 ("Display additional information without switching to a different page/file") -- http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html#10 ("Set specific cross-PDF links to open a new window") Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat
