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Subject:Re: Hotlinks to Figure Tags in PDF files From:"Chris Jackson" <crassick -at- bellsouth -dot- net> To:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- qualcomm -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:31:40 -0500
Do you need to make the title the hotlink? Why not make a character above
the picture the link? Does PDF support non-visible characters? In Acrobat,
you can enter a form field and select "not visible on screen/printing" in
the field info dialog. If you can make a form field a link (which I'm not
sure about), then this might work.
Chris Jackson
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>From: Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- qualcomm -dot- com>
>The Problem (or what I see as a problem):
>
>In a PDF file using hotlinks, when a figure number or figure title is used as a
>cross reference it becomes a PDF hotlink. Unfortunately, when the user clicks
>the hotlink, the page displays the figure number and figure title at the top of
>the screen. If you have the figure title at the bottom of the figure, the
>picture you want to see is off the screen at the top. If the figure number
>were at the top of the picture, like table titles, the hot link would jump to
>the title and show the figure as well.
