Re: Hyperlinks and Word-to-PDF vs. PM-to-PDF

[Bill Burns <BillDB -at- ILE -dot- COM>]

Kim,

My experience is that printing from Word 97 to PDF using a PS driver or
PDF driver does not retain hypertext ever. (It works in Frame for basic
hypertext, cross-reference, and index links.) Acrobat Exchange will
provide all the tools you need to create your links, and Ambia's Compose
add-on will allow you to add navigational links quickly.

Bill Burns
Technical Writer
ILE Communications Group
billdb -at- ile -dot- com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Keegan [SMTP:keegan -at- EXPLORERS -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 9:07 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Hyperlinks and Word-to-PDF vs. PM-to-PDF
>
> All:
>
> I am trying to determine the appropriate application to use based on a
> specific functionality. I AM NOT ASKING FOR OPINIONS ON WORD VS.
> PAGEMAKER!!! LET'S NOT START THAT AGAIN.
>
> A "Quality Standards Team" in my company has decided that we need
> comprehensive system documentation for all our projects (custom
> databases). Wow, how long have I been saying that and not getting any
> cooperation?! :-)
>
> They decided that they want both hard copy and online (PDF).
>
> I have limited experience with creating PDF files. Distiller came with
> PageMaker and I have printed work order forms to PDF via Distiller. I
> think, though, that this new documentation would benefit from
> hyperlinks.
>
> I just tested Word97 and PM6.5 and how hyperlinks (within the
> document)
> are preserved when converted to PDF. I do not own Acrobat but have a
> copy of Distiller that came with PM. So for Word, I printed to PS and
> used Distiller. The Word hyperlinks were all lost (both "hyperlinks"
> and
> "cross-references" created as hyperlinks). Setting up the anchors and
> destinations in PM was cumbersome, but they were retained when
> converted
> to PDF (also via Distiller). Word97 would be the preferred source app
> because I will have to include lots of tables and possibly other
> objects
> from Excel.
>
> So here's my question. I see on Adobe's site that Acrobat has a Word97
> macro that adds a "Print to PDF" option directly on the File menu.
> Does
> anyone know if cross-refs/hyperlinks in Word97 are preserved when
> printed to PDF if I had the full-blown Acrobat app (with this macro),
> or
> would I still need to use Acrobat to set up the links? I couldn't find
> this specific info on Adobe's site. I'm hoping that the links would be
> retained, but if not, then I have some rethinking to do.
>
> I've been wanting to get Acrobat anyway, but this just might be the
> fuel
> needed. Thank you in advance for your replies.
>
> Kim
>
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