Re: Searching a PDF file thru HTML

Subject: Re: Searching a PDF file thru HTML
From: dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:50:54 -0800


mathew wrote:
>
> 1. How do I search a PDF file thru an HTML page?

Click on the binoculars in the Acrobat plug-in. Ctrl+F invokes the browser's "find" feature, which almost certainly won't find what you're looking for.

> 2. How do I acess a particular section on a PDF file, through a
> link in an HTML file?

I haven't tested it, but supposedly like this:

<a href="http://path/filename.pdf#bookmark";>...</a>

--David

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