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I can't help you with using Acrobat links derived from Word. Is it too time consuming for you to create Acrobat form field buttons and use Javascript as the hyperlinking mechanism? Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Weisling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [PDF] Making links to a specific page in another file (help) > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > ##### level-1 quote by Matthew Fitzgerald (on) 05.02.04 (at) 16:04 +0100 > > > > However, whenever the links are followed the target file opens > >> properly but fails to jump to the desired page. It should be noted > >> that all link creations are done in MSWord manually using the > >> Insert->Hyperlink item (eventually programatically in VBScript ). I > >> think I'm missing something very simple but for the life of me I > >> can't tell what. Any light on this problem would be much > >> appreciated. Many Thanks!! > >> > >That will result in a Hyperlink field with something like > >"myDocs\target.pdf \l > >"page=2" " in it. That is, it is going to try to make a link to a Named > >Destination "page=2" - As a test, add such a Named Destination in the PDF and > >then see if your link jumps there. > > > Ok here's the latest with the PDF link problem: > > 1. Linking to named destinations has made no difference over linking > to actual page numbers. The result is identical. I.e., linking to > "mydoc/target.pdf#page=7" vs. linking to > "mydoc/target.pdf#nameddest=page6" > opens the target.pdf document only to the first page. > > To note: we're using Acrobat 5.0 but testing on 5.1 has made no > difference in the opening process. > > Likewise, this.disclosed = true; brought no joy either. > > Ray > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
