Re: [Framers] PDF xrefs to book versus individual file
Sorry if I wasn't clear. The release notes has xrefs to sections in a book. I print the release notes to PDF and the Users Guide to PDF. The xrefs in the release notes PDF should link to sections in the UsersGuide.PDF. I do this all the time. Some of them work as expected. Some of them do not. When I look at the properties of the xrefs in the PDF in Adobe Acrobat, I see that the ones that work are pointing to the UsersGuide.pdf file and a named destination. The links that do not work are not pointing to UsersGuide.pdf, but are pointing to a pdf file that is named after the file in the book that the xrefs were to, for example starting_the_app.pdf. However starting_the_app.pdf does not exist because I did not generate individual PDFs, but only a PDF for the entire book. (The book was open in FM when I printed the release notes. You don't need to open all the individual files.) Since I created all the xrefs in FM the same way, it doesn't make sense to me. Fred On 3/25/2016 2:46 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: I don't understand what "pointing to the individual files (which don't exist as pdfs)" means. In unstructured FrameMaker, cross-references are always from one place in an .fm file to another place in the same file, or from one .fm file to another. Are you saying the .fm containing the cross-reference is in the PDF and the target .fm is not? Cross-references used to not work in text insets. I don't know if Adobe ever fixed that. There used to be a bug where all the .fm files in the book had to be open or some cross-references would not work. I don't know if they fixed that, either. -- *Fred Wersan* | Principal Technical Writer *VT MÄK* | 150 Cambridge Park Drive, Third Floor, Cambridge, MA 02140 T: +1.857.209.3469 | F: +1.617.876.0032 fwer...@mak.com | www.mak.com ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] PDF xrefs to book versus individual file
I don't understand what "pointing to the individual files (which don't exist as pdfs)" means. In unstructured FrameMaker, cross-references are always from one place in an .fm file to another place in the same file, or from one .fm file to another. Are you saying the .fm containing the cross-reference is in the PDF and the target .fm is not? Cross-references used to not work in text insets. I don't know if Adobe ever fixed that. There used to be a bug where all the .fm files in the book had to be open or some cross-references would not work. I don't know if they fixed that, either. > Fred Wersan: > >> I have a release notes document with several xrefs to different sections in >> a book. When I generate the PDF, some work correctly and some don't. The >> ones that work are pointing to the book. The ones that don't are pointing to >> the individual files (which don't exist as pdfs), not the book. I create >> them the same way. The book file is open when I generate the pdf (save as >> pdf). Anyone have an idea what might be going on? >> >> (It's Frame 2015 and I have MicroType Timesavers installed.) ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] PDF xrefs to book versus individual file
When I look at the pdf in acrobat there is plenty of "link" to click. So it is not too small. The actual link info is wrong - based on looking at the action property in acrobat. Thank you for responding. Fred On 3/25/2016 2:04 PM, Heiko Haida wrote: Hi Fred, are you sure there are no link informations conveyed to the PDF ? I noticed that sometimes the resulting invisible rectangular with the link information (visible only with "link tool" active) is so small and not exactly on the page number, that it can only be "clicked" when zoomed in (not in full page screen mode). Regards -- Tino H. Haida -- *Fred Wersan* | Principal Technical Writer *VT MÄK* | 150 Cambridge Park Drive, Third Floor, Cambridge, MA 02140 T: +1.857.209.3469 | F: +1.617.876.0032 fwer...@mak.com | www.mak.com ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] PDF xrefs to book versus individual file
Hi Fred, are you sure there are no link informations conveyed to the PDF ? I noticed that sometimes the resulting invisible rectangular with the link information (visible only with "link tool" active) is so small and not exactly on the page number, that it can only be "clicked" when zoomed in (not in full page screen mode). Regards -- Tino H. Haida Fred Wersan: > I have a release notes document with several xrefs to different sections in a > book. When I generate the PDF, some work correctly and some don't. The ones > that work are pointing to the book. The ones that don't are pointing to the > individual files (which don't exist as pdfs), not the book. I create them the > same way. The book file is open when I generate the pdf (save as pdf). Anyone > have an idea what might be going on? > > (It's Frame 2015 and I have MicroType Timesavers installed.) > > Fred ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
[Framers] PDF xrefs to book versus individual file
I have a release notes document with several xrefs to different sections in a book. When I generate the PDF, some work correctly and some don't. The ones that work are pointing to the book. The ones that don't are pointing to the individual files (which don't exist as pdfs), not the book. I create them the same way. The book file is open when I generate the pdf (save as pdf). Anyone have an idea what might be going on? (It's Frame 2015 and I have MicroType Timesavers installed.) Fred -- *Fred Wersan* | Principal Technical Writer *VT MÄK* | 150 Cambridge Park Drive, Third Floor, Cambridge, MA 02140 T: +1.857.209.3469 | F: +1.617.876.0032 fwer...@mak.com | www.mak.com ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
