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From: Cliff Tyllick
Date: Thu, Jun 10 2010 1:54PM
Subject: Anchors and Targets in PDFs
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I have a customer requesting that we give them a link they can put into an e-mail that will point directly to a heading or bookmark inside a PDF. In other words, when the PDF opens, they want the focus to be at a particular spot, not at the start of the PDF, for this type of link.

Is that doable? It seems simple, but in the fray of other tasks, I can't figure out how to make it work.

(And if anybody knows, the folks on this list should!)

Cliff

Cliff Tyllick
Usability specialist and Web development coordinator
Agency Communications Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
512-239-4516
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From: Carol Weeks
Date: Thu, Jun 10 2010 2:03PM
Subject: Re: Anchors and Targets in PDFs
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Cliff, here's an example: <a href="http://www.example.com/myfile.pdf#page=4">link text</a>

More info here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/317/317300.html

Carol Weeks
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
512-239-6123

>>> "Cliff Tyllick" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > 6/10/2010 1:55 PM >>>
I have a customer requesting that we give them a link they can put into an e-mail that will point directly to a heading or bookmark inside a PDF. In other words, when the PDF opens, they want the focus to be at a particular spot, not at the start of the PDF, for this type of link.

Is that doable? It seems simple, but in the fray of other tasks, I can't figure out how to make it work.

(And if anybody knows, the folks on this list should!)

Cliff

Cliff Tyllick
Usability specialist and Web development coordinator
Agency Communications Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
512-239-4516
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From: Michael.Moore
Date: Thu, Jun 10 2010 2:09PM
Subject: Re: Anchors and Targets in PDFs
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One note, the method only works if you have Adobe Reader configured to open the PDF in the browser. Screen reader users should have Adobe Reader configured to open in the stand-alone reader.

Mike Moore
(512) 424-4159