Re: Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
A FrameMaker 8.0 patch has just been downloaded onto my computer and I am now at Version 8.0p273. This is the patch that is supposed to fix the PDF hyperlinks in web documents. I have not yet checked to make sure that my FM8 now generates hyperlinks properly, but you need to be aware that *there is a minor problem* in the downloading and installation of this 273 patch. It downloads itself while one's local FM8 is active, and then when it notices that one's FM8 is active, it asks permission to close FM9. If, however, one at that point gives it permission to close FM8, the patch will *fail to install*. This new patch will install properly but you will need to get your FM8 closed on your own initiative while the download process, which takes several minutes, is still underway -- *before* the patch installer generates this pop-up window asking for permission to close your FM8. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
A FrameMaker 8.0 patch has just been downloaded onto my computer and I am now at Version 8.0p273. This is the patch that is supposed to fix the PDF hyperlinks in web documents. I have not yet checked to make sure that my FM8 now generates hyperlinks properly, but you need to be aware that *there is a minor problem* in the downloading and installation of this 273 patch. It downloads itself while one's local FM8 is active, and then when it notices that one's FM8 is active, it asks permission to close FM9. If, however, one at that point gives it permission to close FM8, the patch will *fail to install*. This new patch will install properly but you will need to get your FM8 closed on your own initiative while the download process, which takes several minutes, is still underway -- *before* the patch installer generates this pop-up window asking for permission to close your FM8.
Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
OK, our chestnuts are pulled out of the fire, we have a way to control the FM8 situation. There is a doable workaround. Adobe has time to fix this hypertext problem of the relationship between the latest version of their FrameMaker and the latest versions of their Acrobat and Reader. Here's how to "Save as PDF" in FM8: 1.) For now, do not use any FM8-specific features such as UNICODE. They won't translate back into FM7. 2.) Re-install FM7 on your system, alongside FM8. They seem compatible. 3.) For the time being, whenever you desire to distill a Reader PDF file that preserves hypertext functionality, instead of "Save as PDF," save your FM8 document as a FM7 Maker Interchange Format Document, giving it a unique name. (Note: saving it as a FM7 .fm document will get you nothing but an error message; you need to save it as a FM7 .mif document.) 4.) Open your new FM7 .mif document with FM7 and then use "Save as..." to save it as a PDF. 5.) Open and edit your new PDF with the latest version of Acrobat Pro. Here's an example to show that it can work. I just used the above workaround to create http://www.kouroo.info/kouroo/thumbnails/H/ReverendFredericHenryHedge.pdf If you click on the button "RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS" on page 3 in the above URL, the functioning hypertext will take you properly to our http://www.kouroo.info/kouroo/trends/Quakerism/19thCentQuakerism1.pdf Say thank you, Adobe.
Re: Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year project. How could they have offered an upgrade that destroys hypertext? Our Kouroo project now has 212,974 files that have already been saved as FM8 since we upgraded a few weeks ago, so going back to FM7 seems difficult. We are, however, beginning to scheme a feasible workaround to give Adobe time to get its act together in regard to hypertext and FM8. FM8 does allow us to save an FM8 file in the FM7 format, and FM7 does generate valid hypertext in an Acrobat document. So, *if* we can have both FM8 and FM7 installed at the same time (if there is a way to keep them from interfering with each other), and *if* we don't use any UNICODE or other features that would be destroyed in the retro-save as FM7 (and if Acrobat8.1 can still handle hypertext), a possible workaround would be: to first save an FM8 document as a FM7 document before attempting to generate any Acrobat8.1 document with hypertext. That seems feasible if it's doable. The three questions associated with this feasible workaround would be: 1.) is there a way to have FM8 and still have FM7 also? --and, 2.) are there any new FM8 features that we cannot allow to be destroyed by saving as FM7? --and, 3.) does the 8.1 version of Acrobat still accept hypertext? Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Are the above three items doable? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
>We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year >project. How could they have offered an "upgrade" that destroys hypertext? Our Kouroo project now has 212,974 files that have already been saved as FM8 since we "upgraded" a few weeks ago, so going back to FM7 seems difficult. We are, however, beginning to scheme a feasible "workaround" to give Adobe time to get its act together in regard to hypertext and FM8. FM8 does allow us to save an FM8 file in the FM7 format, and FM7 does generate valid hypertext in an Acrobat document. So, *if* we can have both FM8 and FM7 installed at the same time (if there is a way to keep them from interfering with each other), and *if* we don't use any UNICODE or other features that would be destroyed in the retro-save as FM7 (and if Acrobat8.1 can still handle hypertext), a possible "workaround" would be: to first save an FM8 document as a FM7 document before attempting to generate any Acrobat8.1 document with hypertext. That seems feasible if it's doable. The three questions associated with this feasible "workaround" would be: 1.) is there a way to have FM8 and still have FM7 also? --and, 2.) are there any new FM8 features that we cannot allow to be destroyed by saving as FM7? --and, 3.) does the 8.1 version of Acrobat still accept hypertext? Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Are the above three items doable?
Re: Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
I am not aware of any way to control this from within FrameMaker 8.0. We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year project. How could they have offered an upgrade that destroys hypertext? Who is going to lose their job here at our project, for having recommended that we upgrade to the latest Adobe software? We are rushing to take down from the internet the files we have posted to our website in the past couple of weeks, files that are a considerable embarrassment. And, we are sitting around wondering how we can possibly recover from this -- is there a way that we can now open, in FM7, the thousands upon thousands of files that have in the past few weeks been touched by this FM8 abortion? Or, are we just dead? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
I am not aware of any way to control this from within FrameMaker 8.0. We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year project. How could they have offered an upgrade that destroys hypertext? Who here at our Kouroo project is going to lose their job, for having incautiously recommended that we now upgrade to the latest Adobe software that has been released for like a year? We are rushing to take down from the internet the files we have in the past couple of weeks posted to our website, files that are a considerable embarrassment. And, we are sitting around wondering how we can possibly recover from this -- is there a way that we can now open, in FM7, the thousands upon thousands of files that we have in the past few weeks touched with this FM8 abortion? Can we reinstall FM7 and recover? --Or, are we just dead? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
>I am not aware of any way to control this from within FrameMaker 8.0. We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year project. How could they have offered an "upgrade" that destroys hypertext? Who is going to lose their job here at our project, for having recommended that we upgrade to the latest Adobe software? We are rushing to take down from the internet the files we have posted to our website in the past couple of weeks, files that are a considerable embarrassment. And, we are sitting around wondering how we can possibly recover from this -- is there a way that we can now open, in FM7, the thousands upon thousands of files that have in the past few weeks been touched by this FM8 abortion? Or, are we just dead?
Hypertext links in Acrobat8 documents generated from FM8 don't work
>I am not aware of any way to control this from within FrameMaker 8.0. We are feeling as if Adobe has just sabotaged our entire 15-year project. How could they have offered an "upgrade" that destroys hypertext? Who here at our Kouroo project is going to lose their job, for having incautiously recommended that we now upgrade to the latest Adobe software that has been released for like a year? We are rushing to take down from the internet the files we have in the past couple of weeks posted to our website, files that are a considerable embarrassment. And, we are sitting around wondering how we can possibly recover from this -- is there a way that we can now open, in FM7, the thousands upon thousands of files that we have in the past few weeks touched with this FM8 abortion? Can we reinstall FM7 and recover? --Or, are we just dead?
