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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 popus
(PDF: 918K; distilled with TimeSavers + Multimedia/Form
Assistants)
Audio
& text popups, audio bookmarks, text highlights (PDF: 598K; distilled with Multimedia + Form Assistants,
Highlight)
Image
pop-ups (PDF: 366K; distilled with Multimedia
+ Form Assistants)
Embedded
JPEG images displayed in a floating window (PDF:
252K; distilled with TimeSavers+Multimedia + 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 + Layers 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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