Thanks, Shlomo! The official word is out, Framers (many of you probably already know this) - TimeSavers just saved me tons of time by deleting all my relative paths of FM books in different directories so I can store all my finished PDFs in the same directory and have all my inter-manual links work! Shlomo was v. helpful getting my distiller set up right after Baruch and Richard pointed me in the right direction. No repetitive fixing all inter-manual links for me today! Yay! Thanks again, Shlomo and Baruch and everyone. :o)
Callie Bertsche Tecplot, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlomo2 at microtype.com] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:11 AM > To: Callie Bertsche; framers at lists.frameusers.com; > frame2acrobat at yahoogroups.com; richard.combs at Polycom.com; > baruch at technitext.com; quills at airmail.net > Subject: RE: TimeSavers Plugin Settings > > Callie, > > You wrote: > > >Thanks all!! Excellent advice and works great! > > Thanks to Baruch Brodersen, Richard Combs and Scott Turner! > (who were faster to answer than I was) > > -- Indeed, with Acrobat 8.1 or later, Distiller has to be > started with the -F flag so that it has access to external > references (including TimeSavers' > files). > > -- After upgrading to Acrobat 8.1 or later, FM's "Save as > PDF" with TimeSavers settings requires FrameMaker 8.0p266 or > higher (which start Distiller with the -F flag). > [notice that the -F flag has the opposite meaning of "do not > allow file access" in Acrobat versions earlier than 8, so > "Save as PDF" with TimeSavers settings won't work with FM8/9 > and Acrobat 7; printing to PS files and distilling should be > used instead. One other version-related > issue: TS version 5.5 is required with FrameMaker 8 or higher] > > > >So now my hypertext link to a separate directory works great as a > >relative reference! > > > >But the paths are still not getting stripped from my inter-PDF cross > >references. (I have Remove Path toggled on in the TimeSavers > Settings, > >too.) I was hoping to have TimeSavers make inter-manual > >cross-references work so I don't have to put all my final > documents in > >one massive folder before I build them. Thoughts, anyone? > > Turning on "Remove Path" under Cross-file links > (Links/General tab) will indeed remove the path from links > (created through FM cross-references or hypertext markers). > > When inspecting the links in Acrobat, be aware that Acrobat > always displays the current file path, which may be misleading. > For example, if you have two PDFs in the same temp folder, > with relative links from a.pdf to b.pdf, the target file will > be reported in Acrobat's Link Properties dialog box as: > C:\temp\b.pdf (even though the link only points to b.pdf in > the current folder) If you get a different result, please > send me a sample .ps file and the resulting .pdf as produced > on your system (together with Distiller's log file). > > [Note: the "Default path for files referenced in shortcuts" > is not related to the Remove Path function; it only applies > to command files executed from TimeSavers shortcuts using "distillP"] > > Please don't hesitate to contact me directly with any related > question or comment. > [I separately sent you an invitation to join the > frame2acrobat discussion/support list]. > > > Shlomo Perets > > MicroType * FrameMaker training & consulting * > FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers > > 30 Easy Ways to Improve PDFs with TimeSavers/Assistants: > http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html > > > >
