Kevin, You wrote:
>... So what I think I need to do is create HTML links to named >destionations within my PDF file. I haven't found a simple way to do this; >I tried opening the PDF in acrobat and viewed named destinations, and >wrote down the names of the chapter headings on a piece of paper, and I >surmised that I could then create a hypertext link along the lines of: > ...Nexus3RefGuideBuild1.pdf#page=6 > or > ...Nexus3RefGuideBuild1.pdf#nameddest=m5.9.14293... > >(referencing >http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/PDFOpenParameters.pdf#search=%22pdf%20open%20to%20page%20url%22) >However, that doesn't seem to work, in a browser. Or at least I haven't >been able to make it work. Both linking methods you have used should work if the PDF is stored on a web site (i.e. not accessed locally). Custom Acrobat extensions do exist to support this functionality when the PDFs are stored locally. If the PDF is stored in a web site, the destinations exist, yet the link does not open the target location, there may be a problem with your specific Acrobat/Reader version and the browser plug-in installed. To test this linking capability using a separate file, try clicking the link below: http://www.microtype.com/showcase/ConvertFMnewlink.pdf#Inspiration (if successful, the PDF should open on page 2). Other than linking to the destinations created by cross-reference markers or by the automatic hypertext links in generated files (as present in the PDF files), you can create custom destinations using the newlink hypertext markers, eg: newlink ABC Resulting PDF destinations would be m8.newlink.ABC or mN.8.newlink.ABC (when the file is part of the book, N indicating the file position in the book). (Using the FM-to-Acrobat add-on, it is possible to create custom destinations which do not have a variable prefix -- see http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html#12 for more info/examples). Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat
