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 8  Display additional information without switching
to a different page/file
Additional information (such as glossary
definitions, effective dates) can be displayed without having
to switch to another page/file, taking advantage of different
Acrobat features:
- With TimeSavers + Form Assistant, you
can use hypertext shortcuts to define term definitions displayed
in rollover popups when the mouse enters the active area. When
clicked, the active area can also be used to jump to a destination
-- thus the reader can use the popup to make sure that this is
indeed the item being looked for, before clicking to leave the
current page.
Example (PDF: 308K / 7 pages; Acrobat/Reader
5 or higher required); source
.fm file (68K)
Note: You may also define tool
tips (PDF: 43K / 1 page) through form buttons, with less
control over font, size, color, location.
- With TimeSavers + Form/Multimedia Assistants,
you can use hypertext shortcuts to define audio/image/movie popups,
optionally with text display and links.
Embedded audio files, custom controller, bookmarks
& text popups (PDF: 918K; distilled with TimeSavers
+ Multimedia/Form Assistants)
Audio & text popups, audio bookmarks, text
highlights (PDF: 598K;
distilled with Multimedia + Form Assistants, Highlight)
Embedded JPEG images displayed in a floating
window (PDF: 252K; distilled
with TimeSavers+Multimedia + Form Assistants)
- With TimeSavers + Presentation Assistant,
you can use hypertext shortcuts to define image links/rollovers.
Image sequence links (PDF: 592K; distilled with Presentation Assistant)
Zoom-dependent callouts (PDF: 179K; distilled with Presentation Assistant)
Auto-play image sequence (PDF: 670K; distilled with Presentation+Form Assistants)
Image flipping (PDF:
1.63M; distilled with Presentation+Form Assistants)
Image rollovers (PDF:
546K; distilled with Presentation+Form Assistants)
Image sequence buttons + image number display
(PDF: 1.8M; distilled with
Presentation+Form Assistants)
- With TimeSavers, you can use a ~ClickMsg
hypertext shortcut that simulates FrameMaker's alert box -- clicking
the term opens an Acrobat dialog box with the definition. Shortcuts
can be adjusted to include standard icons (Error, Warning, Question,
Info); custom titles are supported when the PDF is viewed with
Acrobat/Reader 6 or higher (when displayed in earlier Acrobat
versions, the title is always "Adobe Acrobat").
Example (PDF: 45K;
source .fm: 34K).
- With TimeSavers and the custom Highlight
shortcut, you can define "highlight" annotations, coloring
specific terms. Double-clicking the highlighted word opens a
window with the additional text; placing the cursor on the highlighted
word displays the additional information as a tooltip. Can control
color, annotation style (highlight, underline, squiggly, strikeout),
printing.
Example (PDF: 94K;
Acrobat 4 or higher or Reader 6 or higher are required to display
"highlight" annotations); zip
file (99K) includes PDF and source .fm file
- With TimeSavers + Presentation Assistant,
a PDF can be created with different layers that are shown/hidden
as needed.
Answers
and instructor notes (PDF:
48K, Acrobat/Reader 7 or higher required)
Callout layer (PDF:
110K, Acrobat/Reader 7 or higher required; click the graphic
to show/hide callouts)
Note:
With TimeSavers, a hypertext marker can refer to an external
text file as a way to bypass FrameMaker's 255 characters limit
and/or to store the text item once and reuse it in multiple locations.
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