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----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com> >To: "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com> >Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:50 AM >Subject: Re: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book > > >I have thought about using this scheme for some of my books. i have a lot fo >references to other documents in the document set. >The gotcha is that the PDFs need to stay in the same relative relationship all >the time, no exceptions. >If the PDFs are being distributed to customers, internally or externally, you >have no control as to how they will be stored on the customers computer. If >they copy one, and not the other(s), the link(s) won't work. If they later >copy the other(s), will they place them in the same relationship? Again, you >have no control. If the links don't work, due to the files not retaining the >original relationship to each other, then your customers will not be happy. >As long as the relationship stays the same, from build to end user, then >everyone will be happy and everything will work. > > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com> >>To: Pam Harper <pharper at bailiwick.com>; "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >><framers at lists.frameusers.com> >>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:19 AM >>Subject: RE: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book >> >>Pam Harper wrote: >> >>> Can I add a link in one book to another book? How would I do it in >>> Frame 10. I want to reference a specific section in a another book and >>> am not sure how to do it, despite searching for answers on this. >> >>I only vaguely remember how to do this, but I don't see any responses. >>Assuming your deliverables are PDF, I think using a cross-reference in FM >>will work if (1) both books and all the files in them are open when you >>create the two PDFs, and (2) in their final destinations, the relative path >>between the PDFs is the same as the relative path between the FM books. >> >>> If I >>> use a cross reference, what would I select for a Building Block in the >>> list? >> >>The good news: You don't need to define a new cross-reference format. >>Presumably you already have a cross-reference format for pointing to a >>numbered section heading (using the <$paranum> building block). The bad news: I'm pretty certain there's no way to include the title of the other PDF in the cross-reference format (how would FM know what it's going to be?). I guess you could insert a second cross-reference to the <$paratext> of the book's title paragraph. >> >>You can include the <$filename> (name minus extension) or <$fullfilename> >>building block, but that's the FM chapter file name. It may or may not get >>translated into the PDF file name when you create the PDFs of the two books >>as specified above -- I'm not sure. Try it. Or create a cross-reference >>format specifically for xrefs to a particular book, with a definition >>something like: "section <$paranum> in MyOtherBook" >> >>HTH, and sorry for the vagueness and uncertainty. Maybe somebody else can >>confirm, clarify, or correct as needed. :-) >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >> >> >>You are currently subscribed to framers as dspreadb at yahoo.com. >> >>Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to >>framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >>or visit >>http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dspreadb%40yahoo.com >> >>Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >>http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120824/fda87103/attachment.html>
