Shlomo, that's a very nice explanation of our problem, thank you! Also, in this context, your recommendations make perfect sense.
Does MicroType or another software developper possibly propose a tool/plugin that can automate the hypertext link creation part based on an element in our structured FrameMaker documents? cheers, Jakob. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 22:05, Shlomo Perets <shlo...@microtype.com> wrote: > Jakob, > >> > co-workers of mine have trouble with some long URLs that break over >> > lines and some may also contain "special" characters such as question >> > marks or parentheses. Please note that we're using Acrobat to create >> > the PDF and that the Generate Tagged PDF option is selected (as >> > documented here: http://www.frameusers.com/2007/09/ second article). ... > > When a PDF does not have "real" links, you are relying on Acrobat/Reader > "Create Links from URLs" preference (Edit > Preferences, General; in > versions 7 it is called "Automatically detect URLs from text"). > > With all versions of Acrobat/Reader: when longer web links that are split > between lines are auto-detected, only the portion present in the first line > is used, resulting in an incorrect or partial link. > > The presence of special characters may also "disturb" the auto-detection, > and truncate the resulting link. There are some variations as to special > characters causing the problems, depending on the Acrobat/Reader version > being used. > > To have fully-functional links in all versions of Reader, I recommend adding > hypertext links in FrameMaker (as Lief suggested), so that a "real" links > are present in the PDF (and not relying on auto-detected ones). > > > Shlomo Perets > > MicroType * http://www.microtype.com > FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat > TimeSavers/Assistants > > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
