techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
Kevin, You wrote: >... I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually >indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text strings >are hyperlinks. >Ideally, this technique would be invisible in the print version, where >the links obviously wouldn't work. ... A simple solution, available with Acrobat/Reader 6 and higher, is to have a screen-only underline property for links. (This underline also looks much better than the standard FM underline, which is often displayed as having inconsistent thickness). For more information and sample files, see http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html#19 You can change link properties in Acrobat (for all links at, once in recent versions of Acrobat), after the PDF file is created. (It is also possible to automate this process with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers, so that you get the desired properties automatically and consistently upon distilling). Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat
Re: techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
Kevin, You wrote: ... I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text strings are hyperlinks. Ideally, this technique would be invisible in the print version, where the links obviously wouldn't work. ... A simple solution, available with Acrobat/Reader 6 and higher, is to have a screen-only underline property for links. (This underline also looks much better than the standard FM underline, which is often displayed as having inconsistent thickness). For more information and sample files, see http://www.microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html#19 You can change link properties in Acrobat (for all links at, once in recent versions of Acrobat), after the PDF file is created. (It is also possible to automate this process with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers, so that you get the desired properties automatically and consistently upon distilling). Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat ___ 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.
techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
Kevin Hunter wrote: > > I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually > indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text > strings are hyperlinks. Ideally, this technique would be invisible in > the print version, where the links obviously wouldn't work. > > I don't want to include full URLs in the text flow because they can > be long and ugly, and functionally useless: ie, no one is going to > type in a 200 character URL (which may be the actual address address > of a page, with all it's parameters, to subscribe to a web event) > when the same URL can be gotten to by clicking a link directly from > our home page. So in the text, I want to tell them how to find the > link, and in the PDF version of the guide, I want part of those > instructions to also BE a hyperlink. > > I've thought of using a simple icon to include within my text flow, > which I'd hyperlink. This icon would be visible in both the printed > and PDF versions of the guide, as I'm not sure it'd be worth the > hassle to condition it out of the PDF I send to the printers. This > isn't necessarily a totally undesirable solution, but I was just > wondering if anyone had something more elegant, or knew of a standard > for this type of thing. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. One approach: Type the text that you want to be the visible link. It does not have to be the URL itself. Insert somewhere within that text a hypertext marker that contains the ugly, lengthy URL (but is invisible in both print and online versions). Select the link text and apply a character format. In your print template, that format would be defined with all parameters As-Is. In your online template, it would be defined with some distinct parameter(s) such as blue underlined. Frame will make all the text tagged with that char format an active hyperlink. In print it won't look any different from body content. In PDF it will be a visibly clickable link. Caveat: if your link text forms an entire pgf by itself, make sure to put a space at the end of it and *don't* apply the char tag to the space. If you apply a char tag to an entire pgf, FM treats it as an override to the default pgf font. Overrides = bad. Tip: TinyURL.com will convert URLs of any length to a short string such as http://tinyurl.com/q3phn (instead of http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/home_basic.mspx). If you use Firefox as your browser, add the TinyURL Creator extension, and you can right-click on a Web page to have a TinyURL created and copied to your clipboard. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5
Re: techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
Kevin Hunter wrote: I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text strings are hyperlinks. Ideally, this technique would be invisible in the print version, where the links obviously wouldn't work. I don't want to include full URLs in the text flow because they can be long and ugly, and functionally useless: ie, no one is going to type in a 200 character URL (which may be the actual address address of a page, with all it's parameters, to subscribe to a web event) when the same URL can be gotten to by clicking a link directly from our home page. So in the text, I want to tell them how to find the link, and in the PDF version of the guide, I want part of those instructions to also BE a hyperlink. I've thought of using a simple icon to include within my text flow, which I'd hyperlink. This icon would be visible in both the printed and PDF versions of the guide, as I'm not sure it'd be worth the hassle to condition it out of the PDF I send to the printers. This isn't necessarily a totally undesirable solution, but I was just wondering if anyone had something more elegant, or knew of a standard for this type of thing. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. One approach: Type the text that you want to be the visible link. It does not have to be the URL itself. Insert somewhere within that text a hypertext marker that contains the ugly, lengthy URL (but is invisible in both print and online versions). Select the link text and apply a character format. In your print template, that format would be defined with all parameters As-Is. In your online template, it would be defined with some distinct parameter(s) such as blue underlined. Frame will make all the text tagged with that char format an active hyperlink. In print it won't look any different from body content. In PDF it will be a visibly clickable link. Caveat: if your link text forms an entire pgf by itself, make sure to put a space at the end of it and *don't* apply the char tag to the space. If you apply a char tag to an entire pgf, FM treats it as an override to the default pgf font. Overrides = bad. Tip: TinyURL.com will convert URLs of any length to a short string such as http://tinyurl.com/q3phn (instead of http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/home_basic.mspx). If you use Firefox as your browser, add the TinyURL Creator extension, and you can right-click on a Web page to have a TinyURL created and copied to your clipboard. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product." Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5 ___ 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: techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
Use 2 nearly identical template files 1) Called "PDF Template" with a Link character tag showing desired online formatting 2) Called "Print Template" with a Link character tag set to "As Is" -Matt Sullivan GRAFIX Training, Inc. An Adobe Authorized Training Center www.grafixtraining.com 888 882-2819 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Hunter Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:13 AM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame hello everyone, This is not strictly a Frame technical issue, but could turn into one, so I thought I'd try you first. We use frame to produce software user guides which we make available in print or as PDFs. Being a software guide, we have frequent web links for additional info of various kinds. I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text strings are hyperlinks. Ideally, this technique would be invisible in the print version, where the links obviously wouldn't work. I don't want to include full URLs in the text flow because they can be long and ugly, and functionally useless: ie, no one is going to type in a 200 character URL (which may be the actual address address of a page, with all it's parameters, to subscribe to a web event) when the same URL can be gotten to by clicking a link directly from our home page. So in the text, I want to tell them how to find the link, and in the PDF version of the guide, I want part of those instructions to also BE a hyperlink. I've thought of using a simple icon to include within my text flow, which I'd hyperlink. This icon would be visible in both the printed and PDF versions of the guide, as I'm not sure it'd be worth the hassle to condition it out of the PDF I send to the printers. This isn't necessarily a totally undesirable solution, but I was just wondering if anyone had something more elegant, or knew of a standard for this type of thing. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Kevin Hunter BCD ___ 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/matt%40grafixtraining.co m Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
Use 2 nearly identical template files 1) Called "PDF Template" with a Link character tag showing desired online formatting 2) Called "Print Template" with a Link character tag set to "As Is" -Matt Sullivan GRAFIX Training, Inc. An Adobe Authorized Training Center www.grafixtraining.com 888 882-2819 -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+matt=grafixtraining@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+matt=grafixtraining.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Hunter Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:13 AM To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com' Subject: techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame hello everyone, This is not strictly a Frame technical issue, but could turn into one, so I thought I'd try you first. We use frame to produce software user guides which we make available in print or as PDFs. Being a software guide, we have frequent web links for additional info of various kinds. I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text strings are hyperlinks. Ideally, this technique would be invisible in the print version, where the links obviously wouldn't work. I don't want to include full URLs in the text flow because they can be long and ugly, and functionally useless: ie, no one is going to type in a 200 character URL (which may be the actual address address of a page, with all it's parameters, to subscribe to a web event) when the same URL can be gotten to by clicking a link directly from our home page. So in the text, I want to tell them how to find the link, and in the PDF version of the guide, I want part of those instructions to also BE a hyperlink. I've thought of using a simple icon to include within my text flow, which I'd hyperlink. This icon would be visible in both the printed and PDF versions of the guide, as I'm not sure it'd be worth the hassle to condition it out of the PDF I send to the printers. This isn't necessarily a totally undesirable solution, but I was just wondering if anyone had something more elegant, or knew of a standard for this type of thing. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Kevin Hunter BCD ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as matt at grafixtraining.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/matt%40grafixtraining.co m Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
hello everyone, This is not strictly a Frame technical issue, but could turn into one, so I thought I'd try you first. We use frame to produce software user guides which we make available in print or as PDFs. Being a software guide, we have frequent web links for additional info of various kinds. I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text strings are hyperlinks. Ideally, this technique would be invisible in the print version, where the links obviously wouldn't work. I don't want to include full URLs in the text flow because they can be long and ugly, and functionally useless: ie, no one is going to type in a 200 character URL (which may be the actual address address of a page, with all it's parameters, to subscribe to a web event) when the same URL can be gotten to by clicking a link directly from our home page. So in the text, I want to tell them how to find the link, and in the PDF version of the guide, I want part of those instructions to also BE a hyperlink. I've thought of using a simple icon to include within my text flow, which I'd hyperlink. This icon would be visible in both the printed and PDF versions of the guide, as I'm not sure it'd be worth the hassle to condition it out of the PDF I send to the printers. This isn't necessarily a totally undesirable solution, but I was just wondering if anyone had something more elegant, or knew of a standard for this type of thing. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Kevin Hunter BCD ___ 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.
techniques to indicate hyperlinks in frame
hello everyone, This is not strictly a Frame technical issue, but could turn into one, so I thought I'd try you first. We use frame to produce software user guides which we make available in print or as PDFs. Being a software guide, we have frequent web links for additional info of various kinds. I'm looking for a simple but effective technique of visually indicating, in the PDF version of the guide, that certain text strings are hyperlinks. Ideally, this technique would be invisible in the print version, where the links obviously wouldn't work. I don't want to include full URLs in the text flow because they can be long and ugly, and functionally useless: ie, no one is going to type in a 200 character URL (which may be the actual address address of a page, with all it's parameters, to subscribe to a web event) when the same URL can be gotten to by clicking a link directly from our home page. So in the text, I want to tell them how to find the link, and in the PDF version of the guide, I want part of those instructions to also BE a hyperlink. I've thought of using a simple icon to include within my text flow, which I'd hyperlink. This icon would be visible in both the printed and PDF versions of the guide, as I'm not sure it'd be worth the hassle to condition it out of the PDF I send to the printers. This isn't necessarily a totally undesirable solution, but I was just wondering if anyone had something more elegant, or knew of a standard for this type of thing. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Kevin Hunter BCD
