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Eric,

You wrote:

>Shlomo Perets wrote on 07/04/2006 04:18:11 PM:
> > Acrobat/Reader 6 and higher support a link setting that produces
>underlines
> > which are visible on-screen but are not printed, so that paper output is
> > not cluttered.
>...
> > A sample PDF demonstrating this is available at
> > http://www.microtype.com/showcase/VisLinks.pdf (60K); see
> > http://www.microtype.com/improvePDF.html#19 for more information.
>
>"The TimeSavers/VisLinks function can automatically draw a border around
>FrameMaker links."
>
>Is there a way to modify these settings without the TimeSavers/VisLinks
>function? Markers, Xref definitions?

FrameMaker does not provide any control over link properties.
Link properties can be modified in Acrobat (Link Properties, 
Appearance;  Link Type should be set to "Visible Rectangle", and then Line 
Style to "Underline"; color of the non-printing underline can be set as 
well.  Even if scripts/plug-ins are used in Acrobat to automate these 
settings, this will have to be repeated when the PDF is recreated.


Shlomo Perets

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