Re: Ventura to Acrobat

[Michal Berman <Michal -at- TELAVIV -dot- DDDDF -dot- COM>]

nice ...
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From: TECHWR-L
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: FW: Ventura to Acrobat
Date: Monday, November 25, 1996 11:31AM

We are trying to convert  Ventura publications to PDF format
( for Adobe Acrobat viewing).

The Ventura manual indicates that Headings and TOCs are
 identified and appropriate links are created during conversion.

Unfortunately, the links created by this process do not point to
 the correct pages.

Specifically:
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One PDF file contains multiple chapters (ideally an entire book).
The page numbers are composed of the chap number and the
 page number in that chapter (e.g., 4-18).

The bookmarks created automatically in the PDF file point the
 page number of the PDF file (not page on which the actual
 topic appeared)


Examples:
      A TOC entry that pointing to page 3-10 is linked to the 10th page
      of the PDF file (which may very well indicate some part of the front
       matter of the book).

      This also means that links to page 2-10, 3-10, and 4-10 etc. are all
linked
       to the same page in the PDF file.

Since page numbering in most books does not start from the
 cover page/toc/front matter, and many books include chapter-specific
 numeration, I assume that there must be another  way to do this.

Any suggestions?

David Wolicki
New Dimension Software
davidw -at- telaviv -dot- ddddf -dot- com