Doug, You wrote:
>I currently am inserting hypertext links into my FM documents linking >to PDFs. The links work fine; after I PDF Document A, the link opens >the PDF Document B in Acrobat when click the link in PDF A. > >What I want to know is this: I want the keyword I lighted when I >created the link to be formatted with blue color and underlining. Is >there a way to add this automatically when I create the link, or do I >need to create a format with the appropriate characteristics? Applying a character format to the link text is essential (even when you don't want to show the link distinctly), because it lets you limit the link's area. Numeric underline is recommended, as it somewhat lower compared to the regular underline, and also thinner. FrameMaker lets you create the link, but does not let you control the visual properties of the link (as available in Acrobat): highlight style or border/underline associated with the link as an object. [ With my FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers add-on it is possible to to have an underline that behaves and looks differently: it can be visible on-screen but not printed, so that paper output is not cluttered. Properties that can be controlled include underline color, thickness, baseline offset, link highlight style. These underlines are displayed uniformly in Acrobat, regardless of the zoom level; FrameMaker's underlines -- whether single or thin -- are thick and are displayed inconsistently (some may show up as thick and other as thin; zoom in or out and what was thick may now be thin and vice versa). Acrobat/Reader 6 or higher are needed to display the PDF. A sample PDF is available at http://www.microtype.com/showcase/VisLinks.pdf (60K); see http://www.microtype.com/improvePDF.html#19 for more information. The entire active area created by cross-references and hypertext markers can be automatically handled this way; applying a character format is still needed to control the link area. ] Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat