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Subject:Re: Frame conversion to PDF: losing links From:Peter Brown <pbrown -at- MKS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Jul 1997 11:52:43 -0400
Gen Whitt wrote:
> Hello y'all --
>
> A colleague of mine is experimenting with converting our Frame doc
> files to
> PDF for distribution on CD. However, the hypertext links set up in the
>
> Frame document are lost in the conversion process. This doesn't sound
> right
> to me; although I have no practical experience of this process, I'm
> sure
> there must be some way to preserve the links. I know a lot of people
> on
> this list use Acrobat and I'm hoping someone will have some useful
> info to
> help us with this.
>
> As I understand it, she is first converting to PostScript which adds a
> .PS
> extension to the files. Then she converts to PDF. Somewhere along the
> line
> there is a problem with file extensions. In the final files, the
> hypertext
> links are inactive.
>
> We are on NT 4.0, latest versions of Frame and Acrobat. I hope the
> above is
> sufficient information. If anyone has any useful data to help resolve
> this,
> I'd appreciate it.
To generate the PostScript files:
1. Open the document in Framemaker.
2. Choose Print.
3. In the Print Document dialog box, select the Print Only to File
checkbox and specify a path and file name.
4. Select the Generate Acrobat Data checkbox. Click the Acrobat Setup
button. In the dialog box that appears, specify what styles you want to
turn into hyperlinks. Click Set. Click Print. The PS file should be
created.
5. Run the PS file through Acrobat Distiller. The resulting PDF file
should have hyperlinks.
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