Arbortext Editor: How to link a PDF file on it?

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I just a newbie for using this application, I still couldn't find how to make a link of the other type of documents except its current document and web (URL) into it, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Acrobat Reader files (PDF) or another? I desperate for it. ... thanks for you all.....

[lfraley]

Hello yuliyono! Sounds like you're making progress. I'm not sure what you're asking for here. Are you trying to create a PDF? Are you trying to create a link to a PDF? Into a specific point in a PDF? Are you trying to fold a PDF into a larger PDF? All of these take different strategies to achieve.

[MarkMitchell]

Hello Liz,

A search turned this up. I have what may be a similar challenge.

I would like to fold a pdf into pdf created by Arbortext. At a specific point. Ideally I would like to apply some styling elements (such as headers / footers, page numbering etc.)

What strategy would you recommend to do this?

Regards,

Mark

[lfraley]

Are you trying to reformat the PDF you're folding in or just trying to insert an existing PDF between 2 pages?

[MarkMitchell]

At first I would like to just insert. Ideally this should be automated during the publishing of the Arbortext document as this needs to be done on a high volume of documents.

Later, perhaps, I would like to do some basic formatting like add headers, footers and page numbering consistent with the document that we fold it into.

Mark

[lfraley]

You don't reformat an existing PDF -- that is, you don't take a PDF as input and change it's look inside PDF format. You take the original content and recreate the PDF with the new format.

You can fold in a new PDF by intersecting the publishing pipeline. This may take a bit of ACL code.

[MarkMitchell]

As these are legacy pdf's I guess the best I can do is intersect the publishing pipeline.

Thanks for the tips.

Mark

[PeterLi]

Hey Mark,

Sorry this is a bit late, I don't come onto this forum as much as I should

I had a simlar query quite a while back and got directed to two places:

1. pdfconfig.dtd

2. http://itextpdf.com/

Good luck!

Cheers

Pete

Simonsoft UK Limited