1. ShlomoPerets microtype.com
Popup Menus in PDFs
With FrameMaker-to-Acrobat
TimeSavers + Navigation Assistant

2. 1 Popupmenus
■ Pop-up menus help avoid overloading
screen/page with links
■ Can be optimized to provide context-
sensitive options

3. 2 Menuentriescanpointto:
■ Named destinations in current/other PDF
■ Web sites, web-based PDFs
(or destinations in such PDFs),
e-mail addresses
■ Acrobat Search with specific phrases
■ Acrobat JavaScript functions
■ Multimedia items
■ Sub-menu items
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4. 3 Definingmenuentries
■ Set up a text file with a list of popup
menu definitions, using the following
format:
■ Can also manage entries using a
spreadsheet:
● Copy definitions to the Menu text file
● Copy entry # to ~more hypertext markers
Item ID number
(31 and higher)
Item Name Item Action Specification Each item definition
is ended with:
123 (Goals) (item action) TS_SetMenuEntry

5. 4 Repetitiveitems
Based on the “Bookends” specification:
■ Items 10-19 (if defined), are placed
at the beginning of the popup menu
■ Items 20-29 (if defined) are placed
at the end of the popup menu

6. 5 Itemactionspecification
Indicated by a single-letter prefix,
followed by a colon
Action Prefix Required Parameters
■ Go to named destination in current file f: ^:destination
■ Go to named destination in another file f: filename#destination
■ Web link u: URL
■ Specific destination in a web-based PDF u: URL+PDF#Dest
■ E-mail address u: e-mail address
■ Acrobat Search s: search phrase
■ JavaScript function j: JavaScript code
■ Title t: none

7. 6 Menuitemexamples
11 (back) (j:app.goBack()) TS_SetMenuEntry
12 (feedback) (u:mailto:xyz@docs.com?Subject=xyz) TS_SetMenuEntry
28 (Web site) (u:http://www.microtype.com) TS_SetMenuEntry
29 (search: font) (s:font) TS_SetMenuEntry
301 (Cross-References) (f:^#CrossRef) TS_SetMenuEntry
302 (Hypertext and Online Documents) (f:^#Online) TS_SetMenuEntry
701 (Back) (j:app.goBack()) TS_SetMenuEntry
305 (Hypertext and Online Documents) (f:^#Online) TS_SetMenuEntry
306 (Generated Lists) (f:^#GeneratedLists) TS_SetMenuEntry
801 (Common) (t:) TS_SetMenuEntry
901 (Indexes) (f:xyz#Indexes) TS_SetMenuEntry

8. 7 Sample~moremarkers
■ alert ~more (Search for...) /0 (602–605)
● – indicates a from-to range
■ alert ~more /st /1 (301^801,306,302-304^701)
● ^ indicates a titled subgroup
■ alert ~more /nt /2 (301, 303^801)
● = indicates a horizontal separator

9. 8 Popupentriesfrombookmarks
Bookmarks generated by FrameMaker
or custom shortcuts can also be used to
automatically define a popup menu.
■ Suitable with flat bookmark hierarchies
(higher-level bookmarks become
sub-menu headings only)
■ Initial PDF view setting should be
“page only” (so that the bookmark panel
is not displayed)

10. 9 Additionalinfoandexamples
■ “36 Ways to Improve Your PDFs
with TimeSavers/Assistants”
microtype.com/ImprovePDF.html
■ TimeSavers/Assistants Showcase
(where all PDFs demonstrated in
this webinar are available)
microtype.com/showcase.html
■ TimeSavers/Assistants order form
microtype.com/TimeSavers.html

11. 10 Relatedliveonlinetraining
■ Building a PDF Front-End Interface to
Document Collections
■ Visually-Oriented Documentation
■ Rich Media in PDFs with FM-to-Acrobat
TimeSavers+Multimedia Assistant
■ FrameMaker-to-PDF Advanced Tech