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Subject:Re: Fwd: linking to a location within a pdf file From:David Chisma <chisma -at- C031 -dot- AONE -dot- NET -dot- AU> Date:Sat, 13 Jun 1998 08:17:48 +1000
Dave Chisma wrote:
I haven't seem any replies to your query, and I haven't needed to do it
myself. But here's what Adobe says on page 266 of exchange.pdf (Acrobat
Exchange on-line help):
"Use the <EMBED> tag to display an image of a page in a PDF document in
an HTML document."
On page 265, they say "The <EMBED> tag is understood by browsers
compatible with with Netscape Navigator 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0".
I hope this helps.
Cheers, Dave Chisma
WandaJane Phillips wrote:
> Hi gang,
> I'm putting together a proposal for a client and success hinges on
> being
> able to link to a location within an acrobat document.
> I want to go from a web document to a location within a HUGE process
> document.
> I can link to the pdf, no problem, just through in an anchor tag with
> the
> href. But, aside from creating a thousand pdf docs (then what's the
> point,
> why don't I just convert to HTML?), how do I open the pdf at a
> particular
> chapter and section? We don't want to convert to HTML, they want the
> people
> to be able to download their own copy of the process doc for browsing.
>
> I was so full of confidence last week when I nodded and said, oh,
> yeah, we
> can link to a pdf, no problem.
