footnote rollover message in PDFs (with interaction)
The PDFs that I produce are now being read on a number different platforms, some with very small screens. So, in the case of footnotes at least, I was wondering if there was a way to produce PDFs such that when the cursor passes over the footnote call, the popup message includes the entire footnote and not just “Go to page xx”. Alan
On 5/14/2013 1:46 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
The PDFs that I produce are now being read on a number different platforms, some with very small screens. So, in the case of footnotes at least, I was wondering if there was a way to produce PDFs such that when the cursor passes over the footnote call, the popup message includes the entire footnote and not just “Go to page xx”.
i'm thinking of cooking up some support like that for ebook like applications but i'll wait till i run into a proper device (also, it needs support from the viewer; there are several solutions possible) ... i did a lot of that stuff over a decade ago but there waas never much interest in it (from publishers) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks, Hans. I expect that there will be more interest from publishers now
as ebooks become more common, move to diverse platforms, and cease from
being digital shadows of printed volumes.
Also of interest would be support that would allow one to recover from
taking an internal hyperlink (i.e., returning to the original location
after taking an internal link to another location/page).
Alan
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Hans Hagen
On 5/14/2013 1:46 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
The PDFs that I produce are now being read on a number different platforms, some with very small screens. So, in the case of footnotes at least, I was wondering if there was a way to produce PDFs such that when the cursor passes over the footnote call, the popup message includes the entire footnote and not just “Go to page xx”.
i'm thinking of cooking up some support like that for ebook like applications but i'll wait till i run into a proper device (also, it needs support from the viewer; there are several solutions possible) ... i did a lot of that stuff over a decade ago but there waas never much interest in it (from publishers)
Hans
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On 5/15/2013 2:20 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
Thanks, Hans. I expect that there will be more interest from publishers now as ebooks become more common, move to diverse platforms, and cease from being digital shadows of printed volumes.
Also of interest would be support that would allow one to recover from taking an internal hyperlink (i.e., returning to the original location after taking an internal link to another location/page).
afaik that's already the case (two way coupling) but it goes unnoticed if one's on the same page ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Yes, two-way coupling for footnotes works (though as you say, it goes
unnoticed if everything is no the same page. But what of other hyperlink
links, say, a reference to a chapter or a section?
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Hans Hagen
On 5/15/2013 2:20 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
Thanks, Hans. I expect that there will be more interest from publishers now as ebooks become more common, move to diverse platforms, and cease from being digital shadows of printed volumes.
Also of interest would be support that would allow one to recover from taking an internal hyperlink (i.e., returning to the original location after taking an internal link to another location/page).
afaik that's already the case (two way coupling) but it goes unnoticed if one's on the same page
------------------------------**------------------------------**----- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ------------------------------**------------------------------**----- ______________________________**______________________________** _______________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
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On 5/15/2013 4:13 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
Yes, two-way coupling for footnotes works (though as you say, it goes unnoticed if everything is no the same page. But what of other hyperlink links, say, a reference to a chapter or a section?
when setting up a section head you can say interaction=list ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks, Hans. Sounds good. I will experiment with this!
A.
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Hans Hagen
On 5/15/2013 4:13 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
Yes, two-way coupling for footnotes works (though as you say, it goes unnoticed if everything is no the same page. But what of other hyperlink links, say, a reference to a chapter or a section?
when setting up a section head you can say
interaction=list
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