Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain

Hi, all.

I hope this issue has an obvious answer. Here is the context:


1. I am using FrameMaker 7.2p158 on a Windows PC and Acrobat 7.0.7 Professional.

2. My FrameMaker book has text insets (relevance will become clear in a
moment).

3. I use cross-references to header paragraphs, tables and other sections
of my book.

4. I use the Save Book as PDF menu item to generate my PDF file from the
FrameMaker book.


Some of the cross-references automatically result in clickable hyper-links
in the PDF, but some don't!?!

I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
reaction to the problem.

Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such cross-
references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too often
in this document!

Z
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Re: Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Martha J Davidson

At 04:14 PM 5/17/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
reaction to the problem.


That's exactly it. Cross-references in text insets don't become
clickable links in PDF. Unfortunately, that's how it's built.


Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such cross-
references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too often
in this document!


The only way is to convert the insets to text before generating
the PDF. I had Rick Quatro write a custom FrameScript for me
that does this and generates the PDF, then restores the insets.
That was the only solution I could come up with that didn't
involve lots of manual work each time I needed PDFs.

martha
--
Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
Dances With Words
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Too many words bring about exhaustion.
 --Tao Te Ching, Chapter 5 (translated by Sheets/Tovey)


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Re: Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain

Hi, Martha.

Martha J Davidson wrote:

At 04:14 PM 5/17/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
reaction to the problem.


That's exactly it. Cross-references in text insets don't become
clickable links in PDF. Unfortunately, that's how it's built.

Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such 
cross-

references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too 
often

in this document!


The only way is to convert the insets to text before generating
the PDF. I had Rick Quatro write a custom FrameScript for me
that does this and generates the PDF, then restores the insets.
That was the only solution I could come up with that didn't
involve lots of manual work each time I needed PDFs.


Ouch! Seems a bit overkill ... may have to be the solution I go
to to solve this.

Thanks!

Z
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Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, all.

I hope this issue has an obvious answer. Here is the context:


1. I am using FrameMaker 7.2p158 on a Windows PC and Acrobat 7.0.7 Professional.

2. My FrameMaker book has text insets (relevance will become clear in a
moment).

3. I use cross-references to header paragraphs, tables and other sections
of my book.

4. I use the "Save Book as PDF" menu item to generate my PDF file from the
FrameMaker book.


Some of the cross-references automatically result in clickable hyper-links
in the PDF, but some don't!?!

I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
reaction to the problem.

Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such cross-
references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too often
in this document!

Z



Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Martha J Davidson
At 04:14 PM 5/17/2006, Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote:
>I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
>reaction to the problem.

That's exactly it. Cross-references in text insets don't become
clickable links in PDF. Unfortunately, that's how it's built.

>Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such cross-
>references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
>manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too often
>in this document!

The only way is to convert the insets to text before generating
the PDF. I had Rick Quatro write a custom FrameScript for me
that does this and generates the PDF, then restores the insets.
That was the only solution I could come up with that didn't
involve lots of manual work each time I needed PDFs.

martha
--
Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
Dances With Words
editrix at nemasys.com

"Too many words bring about exhaustion."
  --Tao Te Ching, Chapter 5 (translated by Sheets/Tovey)





Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Syed,

There is another way to make these work. You can put a hypertext marker over
the cross reference, and the link will work in the PDF.

~~
Linda G. Gallagher
TechCom Plus, LLC
Intelligent technical communication since 1993
Technical writing, help development,
FrameMaker and WebWorks Publisher conversions
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~~
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From: framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com]On
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Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:15 PM
To: Framers List
Subject: Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?


Hi, all.

I hope this issue has an obvious answer. Here is the context:


1. I am using FrameMaker 7.2p158 on a Windows PC and Acrobat 7.0.7
Professional.

2. My FrameMaker book has text insets (relevance will become clear in a
moment).

3. I use cross-references to header paragraphs, tables and other sections
of my book.

4. I use the "Save Book as PDF" menu item to generate my PDF file from the
FrameMaker book.


Some of the cross-references automatically result in clickable hyper-links
in the PDF, but some don't!?!

I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
reaction to the problem.

Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such cross-
references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too often
in this document!

Z
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Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, Martha.

Martha J Davidson wrote:
> At 04:14 PM 5/17/2006, Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote:
>> I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
>> reaction to the problem.
> 
> That's exactly it. Cross-references in text insets don't become
> clickable links in PDF. Unfortunately, that's how it's built.
> 
>> Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such 
>> cross-
>> references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
>> manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too 
>> often
>> in this document!
> 
> The only way is to convert the insets to text before generating
> the PDF. I had Rick Quatro write a custom FrameScript for me
> that does this and generates the PDF, then restores the insets.
> That was the only solution I could come up with that didn't
> involve lots of manual work each time I needed PDFs.

Ouch! Seems a bit overkill ... may have to be the solution I go
to to solve this.

Thanks!

Z



Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, Linda.

Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> There is another way to make these work. You can put a hypertext marker over
> the cross reference, and the link will work in the PDF.

Will that work with cross-references in text in imported documents (imported
by reference, not copied into the document) too?

BTW, I call these imports "text insets", although I am not sure if that is
what people mean by this term (in all the Framers List stuff I have seen so
far).

Z

> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com]On
> Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:15 PM
> To: Framers List
> Subject: Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?
> 
> 
> Hi, all.
> 
> I hope this issue has an obvious answer. Here is the context:
> 
> 
> 1. I am using FrameMaker 7.2p158 on a Windows PC and Acrobat 7.0.7
> Professional.
> 
> 2. My FrameMaker book has text insets (relevance will become clear in a
> moment).
> 
> 3. I use cross-references to header paragraphs, tables and other sections
> of my book.
> 
> 4. I use the "Save Book as PDF" menu item to generate my PDF file from the
> FrameMaker book.
> 
> 
> Some of the cross-references automatically result in clickable hyper-links
> in the PDF, but some don't!?!
> 
> I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
> reaction to the problem.
> 
> Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such cross-
> references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
> manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too often
> in this document!
> 
> Z



Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
Yes, that is precisely why we did this. We (Tammy Van Boening) and I
developed this method to work on docs in her previous job to resolve the
exact issue you mention, xrefs to and from text insets.

You can find details in our supplemental handout here:
http://www.writersua.com/ohc06/suppmatl.htm.

~~
Linda G. Gallagher
TechCom Plus, LLC
Intelligent technical communication since 1993
Technical writing, help development,
FrameMaker and WebWorks Publisher conversions
lindag at techcomplus.com
http://www.techcomplus.com/
303-450-9076
800-500-3144
~~
Manager, Consulting and Independent Contracting
Special Interest Group
Society for Technical Communication
http://www.stcsig.org/cic/index.html
~~


-Original Message-
From: Syed Zaeem Hosain [mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:31 PM
To: lindag at techcomplus.com
Cc: Framers List
Subject: Re: Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?


Hi, Linda.

Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> There is another way to make these work. You can put a hypertext marker
over
> the cross reference, and the link will work in the PDF.

Will that work with cross-references in text in imported documents (imported
by reference, not copied into the document) too?

BTW, I call these imports "text insets", although I am not sure if that is
what people mean by this term (in all the Framers List stuff I have seen so
far).

Z

> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com]On
> Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:15 PM
> To: Framers List
> Subject: Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?
>
>
> Hi, all.
>
> I hope this issue has an obvious answer. Here is the context:
>
>
> 1. I am using FrameMaker 7.2p158 on a Windows PC and Acrobat 7.0.7
> Professional.
>
> 2. My FrameMaker book has text insets (relevance will become clear in a
> moment).
>
> 3. I use cross-references to header paragraphs, tables and other sections
> of my book.
>
> 4. I use the "Save Book as PDF" menu item to generate my PDF file from the
> FrameMaker book.
>
>
> Some of the cross-references automatically result in clickable hyper-links
> in the PDF, but some don't!?!
>
> I have not isolated this to the text insets, although that was my initial
> reaction to the problem.
>
> Is there any way to force the PDF to contain the links for all such cross-
> references? I would *strongly* prefer not to edit the PDF to add them in
> manually into the PDF - this file is re-generated from FrameMaker too
often
> in this document!
>
> Z







Hyperlinks in Acrobat not present?

2006-05-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Thanks much, Linda! I will check out that link.

Z

Linda G. Gallagher wrote:
> Yes, that is precisely why we did this. We (Tammy Van Boening) and I
> developed this method to work on docs in her previous job to resolve the
> exact issue you mention, xrefs to and from text insets.
> 
> You can find details in our supplemental handout here:
> http://www.writersua.com/ohc06/suppmatl.htm.