Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-12 Thread Shlomo Perets
Doug, You wrote: >Is there a way to define a cross-reference format such that this cross >reference does not generate an active hyperlink in a PDF file? ... Only option within FrameMaker is to take advantage of the limitation/bug whereby cross-references in text insets are not converted to

Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Doug
Hello: Is there a way to define a cross-reference format such that this cross reference does not generate an active hyperlink in a PDF file? I use cross references as a convenient way to reuse content from a single location. I've defined these cross references to show up in black text whereas

Re: Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Lin Sims
Three options for repeating text: 1. You can have more than one text inset in a file so long as you put each one in its own uniquely named flow. 2. If you like the idea of variables, why not add them to the template file you use to create new documents? No reimporting needed. 3. Get the Autotext

RE: Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Combs, Richard
Doug wrote: I use cross references as a convenient way to reuse content from a single location. I've defined these cross references to show up in black text whereas the cross references that I want people to link to are defined to show up in blue text. I figured that readers will then

Re: Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Doug, I recently solved the exact problem for a client using FrameScript. The script does the following: 1) Backs up the book components. 2) Converts the specified cross-reference formats to plain text. 3) Restores the backed up components, thus restoring the cross-references. It all

Re: Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Shlomo Perets
Doug, You wrote: Is there a way to define a cross-reference format such that this cross reference does not generate an active hyperlink in a PDF file? ... Only option within FrameMaker is to take advantage of the limitation/bug whereby cross-references in text insets are not converted to active

Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Doug
Hello: Is there a way to define a cross-reference format such that this cross reference does not generate an active hyperlink in a PDF file? I use cross references as a convenient way to reuse content from a single location. I've defined these cross references to show up in black text whereas

Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Lin Sims
Three options for repeating text: 1. You can have more than one text inset in a file so long as you put each one in its own uniquely named flow. 2. If you like the idea of variables, why not add them to the template file you use to create new documents? No reimporting needed. 3. Get the Autotext

Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Combs, Richard
Doug wrote: > I use cross references as a convenient way to reuse content from a > single location. I've defined these cross references to show up in > black text whereas the cross references that I want people to link to > are defined to show up in blue text. I figured that readers will then

Cross references without active hyperlinks in PDF files

2008-12-11 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Doug, I recently solved the exact problem for a client using FrameScript. The script does the following: 1) Backs up the book components. 2) Converts the specified cross-reference formats to plain text. 3) Restores the backed up components, thus restoring the cross-references. It all