The answer is you can’t. Many
of us wish that it could be done though.
Ivan Lee
Senior Technical Writer
The opinions expressed here are that
of my own and not of my employer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Melvin Backus
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm afraid I don't know the answer off the top of my
head, but I suspect that if you look at one the web sites where links are
opened in new pages you'll see that the link itself is constructed
differently.
<a href="" target="_blank">
will give you a new window, while
<a href="" will give you a normal
link.
You can configure your browser default to force a new window for links, but
this should force one. I'm not sure how to imbed that into the pdf file, but
that's the required html to make it happen.
At 10:58 AM 10/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
__________________________________________________________________
Does anyone know a way to create web links in a PDF file that specifies that
when the link is clicked, it should open the URL in a new window, leaving the
PDF onscreen? I have Acrobat 5.0 and there appears to be no way to do it with
the link feature. If you begin with a Word file, you can use the Acrobat menu
to specify that hyperlinks be converted, but not that they should open in a new
window. Ditto for making PDFs from PageMaker or working with a PS file in
Distiller. All of these method let you add links, but not any attributes for
the link.
If the PDF file is opened from Windows, the links DO open the web browser and
the PDF remains onscreen. But if the PDF is opened from a web page, then
clicking a link in the PDF opens a web page that replaces the PDF. Is there
some way to have the links always open in a new window?
I use Windows 98 and Office 2000 and Acrobat 5.0. Thanks.
Regards,
Theresa Welsh
Research Computer Systems
Editor, The RCS Update
(I'm usually at SciLab only on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)
