NOTE: Attachments cannot be posted to the list, but you can see similar screenshots by visiting the URLs I mention in my reply to Lynn. I don't have any financial stake in either company; I am just a satisfied customer.
Hi Lynn, I am replying to you directly so I can include a screenshot from TimeSavers (http://www.microtype.com). If you look at the yellow area of the screen shot, it looks like you can control the appearance of your links with TimeSavers. Once you have the settings you want, everything is transparent, because TimeSavers is a Distiller add-on that works automatically as the PDFs are created through Distiller. I have used TimeSavers for many years and found it very useful. If you want to post-process PDF files in batches and change all of the links at once, you may want to check out AutoBookmark by Evermap (http://www.evermap.com). I bought it for another purpose, but it has lots of ways to manipulate bookmarks, etc., in existing PDFs. Attached is a screenshot that will give you an idea of how you can change the appearance of links. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Gold Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 2:10 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Cross-references and formats Yes, my final delivery format is PDF. If there are any tricks in Acrobat or in the conversion process for putting a blue box around a cross reference, that'd work. Thanks, --Lynn Gold Information Developer, IBM From: "Rick Quatro" <r...@rickquatro.com> To: Lynn Gold/Santa Clara/Contr/IBM at IBMUS, <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Date: 07/14/2011 04:31 AM Subject: RE: Cross-references and formats _____ Hi Lynn, FrameMaker 10 allows you to put a background color behind text. All versions allow you to apply an overline and underline to text (or a cross-reference). There is no way to do a box with stock FrameMaker. If your deliverable is PDF, you could convert the cross-reference links to box-style links in Acrobat, although I am not sure it can be done globally. TimeSavers ( <http://www.microtype.com/> www.microtype.com) may provide a way to do this automatically when the PDF is created. This could be done with FrameScript, so if you are interested in this approach, please contact me offlist. Thanks. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 rick at frameexpert.com From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [ <mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Gold Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:01 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Cross-references and formats Is there a way to create a cross-reference (or character) format that puts a colored box around the cross-reference? Thanks, --Lynn Gold Information Developer, IBM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110715/fa13bc2f/attachment.html>
