At 04:20 PM 10/6/2003 -0700, Kathy Tadlock wrote:
You do have to put the instruction to open a new page in the web page, not in the PDF. The "target=blank" at the end of the link is the way to accomplish this. The PDF is just one of the links on the web page. The PDF does not drive the web page.
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- From: Melvin Backus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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- Subject: Re: [PDF] question on links
- 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:
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- 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.
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